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• She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.From the entry chairperson
• The bishop presided over the ceremony from his seat in the cathedral.From the entry cathedral
• The ratu presided over the traditional ceremony.From the entry ratu
• Burke, who presided over the trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, could have sentenced Mr.2020 March 11, Jan Ransom, “Harvey Weinstein’s Stunning Downfall: 23 Years in Prison”, in New York Times. From the entry hand down
• “McConnell has zero interest in presiding over another goat rodeo,” a second health care lobbyist told me.2017, Dylan Scott, Republicans wind up one last Hail Mary to repeal Obamacare. From the entry goat rodeo
• Judge John Pickering had clearly gone around the bend, often presiding over his court while drunk.2003, Joyce Oldham Appleby, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson, Times Books, page 208. From the entry around the bend
• The senior Douzenier is referred to as the Dean of the Douzaine and presides at Parish meetings.1976, David Ehmann, Michael Marshall, The Constitution of Guerney. From the entry douzenier
• The political sequel to Separatism is the neutral state presiding over a multisectarian society.1944, Ralph Barton Perry, Puritanism and Democracy, Vanguard Press, page 346. From the entry multisectarian
• I presided over nine total nominations—more than anyone alive.2016, Joe Biden, Timothy K. Lewis, The Defining Difference. From the entry committee
• Detached from Scotland, the England over which it aims to preside, never-endingly, will be a poisonous, inward-looking and mean-spirited place.2015 May 3, Will Hutton, “Conservatism has gone rogue and lost touch with the rest of us”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media…. From the entry never-endingly
• Presiding over a modest open kitchen, Mr.2015 August 28, Susan M. Novick, “Restaurant Review: Lost & Found in Long Beach Has a Chef Who Goes for the Flavor Bomb”, in New York Times. From the entry gribiche
• Ice-T presents himself as a pop-cultural mogul, presiding over the growth of hip-hop as a multi-national and cross-platform empire.2014, Josephine Metcalf, Will Turner, “Introduction: “It’s got to feel real but not be real” (Ice-T)”, in Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural…. From the entry pop-cultural
• The figure presiding continues in this function during the sobremesa, that is, the time spent lingering and chatting after the meal.2013, Frederick L. Aldama, Ilan Stavans, ¡Muy Pop!: Conversations on Latino Popular Culture, University of Michigan Press, page 106. From the entry sobremesa
• Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022. From the entry zouk
• The chapel has been multidenominational Christian for decades, though rabbis have occasionally presided over Jewish services from its wooden altar.2007 August 25, Katie Zezima, “A Summer Island Rallies Around Its Aging Chapel”, in New York Times. From the entry multidenominational
• Reichbach, who is presiding over the nonjury trial.2007 November 1, Michael Brick, “Ex-F.B.I. Agents Trial Fizzles, as Does Witness”, in New York Times. From the entry nonjury
• Mayor Daley presides over the Martha Stewarting of Chicago.2001 March, Blair Kamin, “Fussing with the Cityscape”, in Metropolis, volume 20, page 64. From the entry Martha Stewart
• Library commish Mary Dempsey presides over the talk, and there's an accompanying video, Staking Our Claim in Cyberspace.1994 March 11, Bill Wyman, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry commish
• She had attended a conference of psychs at which he had presided and they had taken a fancy to each other.1978, Lawrence Durrell, “Talking Back”, in Livia: Or Buried Alive […] ([The Avignon Quintet; 2]), London; Boston, Mass.: Faber and Faber…. From the entry psych
• One of them extolled domestic gas: a smiling toy paraclete called Mr Therm presided over a sort of warm Holy Family.1963, Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr Enderby. From the entry paraclete
• Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 209. From the entry deity
• Like a vast spider suspended by a metal chord, a candelabrum presided over the room nine feet above the floor-boards.1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC. From the entry spilth
• James' occasional weakness for sobbing notes, the presiding spirit of the establishment is, I should say, one of rompery.1944, The New Yorker, volume 20, number 2, page 42. From the entry rompery
• Youth's infinite choice of roads had given place to a rigid groove, presided over by a relentless marmoreal blonde.1932 July, John Buchan, “Mr Reginald Daker”, in The Gap in the Curtain, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, section VI, page 217. From the entry marmoreal
• He had scores of Euromericans and Euro-immigrants as members of his parish and had presided over their marriages with native Mexican women.2016, Felipe Gonzales, Política: Nuevomexicanos and American Political Incorporation, 1821-1910, →ISBN. From the entry Euro-immigrant
• Next month, Clemons will be brought before a court presided over by a "special master", who will review the case one last time.2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian. From the entry bring
• Unimaginable amounts of suffering have been caused by tyrants who callously presided over the immiseration of their peoples or launched destructive wars of conquest.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence has Declined, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN…. From the entry immiseration
• “Oh, she learnt French and the Court curtsey, and how to preside at teatables, but none of it would rid her of her wild blood.”2008, Pamela Hill, The Enamel Eye, Penzance, Cornwall: United Writers Publications Ltd, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry teatable
• For the decade I have taught at Chapman University Law School, where Dean Parham Williams has presided over a young, dynamic, and growing school.2007 March 12, Hugh Hewitt, Mormon in the White House?: 10 Things Every Conservative Should Know About Mitt Romney, Simon and Schuster…. From the entry Aabria
• The totalitarian state of Libria has been established following a third world war and is presided over by the ubiquitous video-image of ‘Father’.2003 April, Andy Richards, “Equilibrium”, in Sight and Sound, volume 13, page 35. From the entry gun kata
• The presiding officer of the assembly does not appoint a chairman of the quasi committee, but remains in the chair himself throughout its proceedings.2000, Henry Martyn Robert with Sarah Corbin Robert, Robert's Rules of Order, 10th revised edition, page 522. From the entry quasi
• So what strong lord of misrule can preside in this douce, commercially respectable, late 19th century city where even religious fanaticism reinforces un adventurous mediocrity?1996, Alasdair Gray, “The Story of a Recluse”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 271. From the entry douce
• Tighe the shopman in the village, even Miss Broaders, she of the pink twinsets and tight mouth, who presides over the post office.1993, John Banville, Ghosts. From the entry twinset
• July 29: Judge George Shindler presiding over the trial of blacktivist Kuomba Balogun at the Inner London Crown Court clashed with defence counsel, Patrick O'Connor.1988, The New Law Journal (volume 138, part 2, page 568). From the entry blacktivist
• She had bicycled there, now negotiating the antivehicular posts with the utmost precision, and, wearing her semiofficial hat, presided on the Borough Bench.1977, Edward Frederic Benson, Make way for Lucia. From the entry antivehicular
• Meanwhile, I presided over the Senate.1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 25, in Burr. From the entry Shakespearean
• "And I'll continue doing it, but that guy seems to be outkissing me, judging from the number of beauty contests he has presided over!"1962, Ira Lunan Ferguson, Ocee McRae, Texas. From the entry outkiss
• Chodaganga's construction of the monumental Jagannath temple knit the Oriyas further into a cultural unity and henceforth Jagannath came to be recognize as the presiding deity of Oriyas.2008, Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events, 2 edition, Sankalpa Publications, pages 12-13. From the entry Jagannath

Meaning of preside

1. verb To act as president or chairperson.
2. verb To exercise authority or control.
3. verb To be a featured solo performer.

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How do you use preside in a sentence?

Preside is used as a verb. For example: “I’ll preside at the organ.”

What is a short sentence with preside?

“I’ll preside at the organ.”

What does preside mean?

Preside means to act as president or chairperson.