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UK
/pɹɪsˈaɪd/
]
[ US /pɹiˈzaɪd, pɹɪˈzaɪd/ ]
[ US /pɹiˈzaɪd, pɹɪˈzaɪd/ ]
VERB
-
act as president
preside over companies and corporations
How To Use preside In A Sentence
- Chile's top constitutional court blocked a government bid to promote the free distribution of the morning-after pill to minors aged 14 and over, dealing a new setback to President Michelle Bachelet.
- China says it respects the legitimate status of President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) while calling on Palestinian forces to end conflicts.
- The presidential election will be conducted against a backdrop of seismic political and economic turmoil. Times, Sunday Times
- If Obama runs for President, he'll need a good nomenclator. Sound Politics: Marcy Burner?
- We have a bunch of Wackadoo doos, who cannot accept that this Black man is the President of the United States and who are going around claiming that he is an undocumented alien and basically suggesting that he arrived at the presidency unlegimately. Police group: Obama should apologize
- Some random bluster and name-drop: "In 2005, we sponsored Rock the Vote, [garbled, something about wine], we got a chance to connect with President Obama then. "I want to see that invitation": D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#8, Oct. 1)
- The president got a tremendous welcome at the airport.
- HIV-positive Pedro Zamora from the San Francisco season, for example, put a face to the stigmatized disease of AIDS and did a world of good with his exposure -- even getting the recognition of then-president Bill Clinton. Ryan O'Connell: Auditioning for the Real World Is Too Real
- Thursday, the president addresses the Israeli Knesset, followed by a reception in honor of Israel's 60-year anniversary.
- John Kerry of Massachusetts will accept the party's presidential nomination.