Sample Sentences for
preside
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    An experienced judge will preside at the trial to ensure it run fairly.
    preside = lead or oversee
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    At a sign from the presiding judge, one of the court officers led her away,  (source)
    presiding = in charge (with highest authority)
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    A similar reception was given me in New Orleans, which was presided over by the Mayor of the city.  (source)
    presided = headed
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    A meal presided over by just Effie and Haymitch is bound to be a disaster.†  (source)
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    The Honorable Judge Harold Sims presiding.†  (source)
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    A thousand frozen stars preside over the quad.†  (source)
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    Lyndon Johnson keeps his mouth shut as often as possible when the president presides over a meeting.†  (source)
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    I once knew a Roman goddess, Cloacina, who presided over the city's sewer system.†  (source)
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    My grandmother still lives in the same home in the Bronx, presiding as ever as the family matriarch.†  (source)
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    I was going to ask you to preside over the toast—as a representation of the Goddess.†  (source)
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    Against the back wall, an ebony statue of Santa Bárbara, the Black Queen, presides.†  (source)
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    She presided over the world in her drawing room on satellite TV.†  (source)
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    I'm Death himself, presiding over this butchery.†  (source)
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