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reign as in:  She reigned over England

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    During his reign, Augustus shrank the size of the senate from 900 to 600 members.
    reign = time during which he ruled
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    But when the reign of Tiberius ended, his poems were forgotten.  (source)
    reign = time of rule
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    It's probably fair to say that in all the years of Hitler's reign, no person was able to serve the Führer as loyally as me.  (source)
    reign = rule
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    We think of Jehanzeb's reign as a golden period in our history.  (source)
    reign = time of rule
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    How long ago it is, aunt, since we used to repeat the chronological order of the kings of England, with the dates of their accession, and most of the principal events of their reigns!  (source)
    reigns = the time during which a king or queen ruled
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    This is why, today, real power has passed from reigning monarchs to constitutional assemblies, making royals such as Queen Elizabeth mere symbols of national unity.†  (source)
    reigning = ruling
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    Truly, said Balin, I am right heavy that my Lord Arthur is displeased with me, for he is the most worshipful knight that reigneth now on earth, and his love will I get or else will I put my life in adventure.†  (source)
    reigneth = rules
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She reigneth" in older English, today we say "She reigns."
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    A young man then, each house you sought, Where reign'd the mortal pestilence.†  (source)
    reign'd = ruled
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    Thou reignest, giving equal reign to her?†  (source)
    reignest = rule
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-est" is dropped, so that where they said "Thou reignest" in older English, today we say "You reign."
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    She was only a little bit of a thing compared with one of our ships, or even with the ... which Narnia had owned when Lucy and Edmund had reigned there  (source)
    reigned = ruled (held royal office and were in charge)
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    In his absence, his cousin Daoud Khan had ended the king's forty-year reign with a bloodless coup.  (source)
    reign = time of rule
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    A pregnant silence reigns.†  (source)
    reigns = rules
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    But soon the atmosphere of leaden apathy reigning over the compound began to affect them too.†  (source)
    reigning = ruling
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reign as in:  uncertainty reigns

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Uncertainty and fear reigned during those years.
reigned = were most powerful
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    Fame reigns in Hollywood.
    reigns = is most important or powerful
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    Over the next twelve hours, chaos continued to reign on Frobozz as every gunter in the OASIS scrambled to reach the planet and join the fray.  (source)
    reign = prevail (be most powerful or noticeable)
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    A vast silence reigned over the land.  (source)
    reigned = was most powerful or noticeable
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    In 1935, when Cunningham's record of 4:06.7 reigned, science weighed in.  (source)
    reigned = was recognized as the best
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    She was born in Virginia in the 1880s, after federal troops had been withdrawn and a reign of violence and terror had begun, designed to deny any political or social rights for African Americans.  (source)
    reign = period with dominance
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    Stillness reigns, the torches blink dully, the time drags heavily.  (source)
    reigns = is most noticeable (predominate)
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    "Home of the Joplin High Eagles—reigning state champions in girls' basketball," CyFi says.  (source)
    reigning = time of their championship
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    One floor down, pandemonium reigned.  (source)
    reigned = prevailed (was most powerful or noticeable)
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    Or virtually any novel of the naturalistic movement of the late nineteenth century, where the law of the jungle and survival of the fittest reign.  (source)
    reign = dominate (are most influential)
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    ...it is winter in Narnia ... Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns...  (source)
    reigns = is important or noticeable
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    Her sweet, feminine, midwestern designs, stitched together from workman fabrics like calico and flannel, contrasted unfavorably with the reigning Goth-lite urban aesthetic.  (source)
    reigning = currently most popular
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    At night—apart from our house, and the Playa's—complete darkness reigned on the street.  (source)
    reigned = prevailed or dominated
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    ...there golden sleep doth reign:  (source)
    reign = is most powerful
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