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adjective

as in overseeing

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noun

as in saving

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verb

present participle of manage
1
as in handling
to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss

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2
as in supervising
to look after and make decisions about managed a household and a business simultaneously

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3
as in coping
to meet one's day-to-day needs it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage

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Recent Examples of managing
Adjective
Larry Berg, the co-managing owner of LAFC, was chosen Monday to become the third commissioner in MLS history when Don Garber retires in December. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 But the data suggests most women aren’t choosing—they’re managing. — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Recruitment processes are described as clearer and more aligned following the departures of Daniel Levy, the former executive chairman who was deposed in September last year, and ex-managing director of football Fabio Paratici. — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Clayton served as co-managing partner of Sullivan & Cromwell’s general practice group and also led the firm’s cybersecurity group. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026 Missoni’s board of directors will see Barnaba Ravanne, co-founder and co-managing partner of FSI, take the role of chair. — Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 22 May 2026 Federation Studios co-managing director Marco Chimenz has left after nearly three years. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026 The new generation of leaders now hold almost 50% of the European firm, according to Benjamin Cordonnier, who was last year appointed as co-managing partner alongside Judith Charpentier. — Swetha Gopinath, Bloomberg, 9 Apr. 2026 Geoff Bennett is the co-anchor and co-managing editor of PBS NewsHour and serves as a contributor to NBC News. — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
That means improving margins, managing expenses, maintaining clean financial statements, and producing reliable financial reporting. — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The resort’s location sits at the gateway to the Stockyards Historic District, which has garnered national and international attention with 10 million annual visits each year, Woodbine managing partner Dupree Scovell said. — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 But according to Catherine Morris, managing director of Tradelinens, the real damage is caused by accumulation. — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026 Such overt acknowledgment of market intervention is rare, said Neil Newman, managing director and head of strategy at Astris Advisory Japan. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 In 2018, she was elected as SAP’s managing director of Indochina, and in 2020, the president and managing director for Southeast Asia. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Tang Xin, the company's managing director, has also been sanctioned. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026 The Fontainebleau Miami Beach actually had a good World Cup, Peter McMahon, executive vice president and managing director, said in an interview with the Herald. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026 Maybe his early years of launching and managing restaurants did it. — Rebecca McCarthy, AJC.com, 25 July 2026
Verb
Mourinho’s first game back at the Bernabeu should be box-office given the divisions his last spell in charge from 2010 to 2013 caused at Madrid — and his behaviour when managing Benfica against Madrid in the Champions League last year. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 Yet Schore makes a compelling case that the greatest opportunity for reclaiming time isn't found by reorganizing schedules but by managing the internal conversations that quietly consume them. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026 Trees are a big part of Homer Glen’s identity and play an important role in improving air quality, managing stormwater and increasing property values, Schaller said. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026 Additionally, Gemini will be able to perform basic functions even when the watch is offline, such as managing timers and alarms or starting a workout. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026 Greenland Energy is funding the costs associated with managing two exploration wells. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Katsis was adept at managing major live acts, overseeing rollouts like Backstreet Boys’ Into the Millennium Tour and helping morph Korn and Limp Bizkit into perennial arena acts. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026 After managing to have a secret wedding earlier this year, Zendaya and Tom Holland reportedly hosted a bigger bash in the English countryside. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for managing
  1. controlling
  2. saving
  3. handling
  4. supervising
  5. coping
  6. supervisory
  7. conservation
  8. addressing
Adjective
  • This has impacted every aspect of his life — sleep, eating habits and his controlling attitude toward me.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
  • Versant will become a minority, non-controlling investor in the company.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 June 2026
Definition of controlling
Noun
  • Fremantle’s latest financials come after RTL implemented cost saving measures at the production house following a strategic review.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The universe didn’t throw them together because Louis needed to grieve, and Regina needed saving.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of saving
Verb
  • Balancing privacy and publicity isn’t new, says Alice Marshall, who runs her own public relations agency handling luxury travel clients.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Police have confirmed that the victim is an AutoZone employee who was accidentally shot by a coworker handling a firearm inside the store.
    — CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • Nick Martin, a DOT supervising engineer and project manager for the bridge rehab, answered that the choices aren’t that simple.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What used to be just a one-button trigger to call up an app has evolved into a multi-button, multi-input device for supervising and orchestrating multiple AI tools and agents at once.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervising
Verb
  • The film follows the two boys from that abuse in the summer of 1981 through a decade later, tracking two very different coping mechanisms.
    — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Since their father’s diagnosis, Tallulah Willis and her sisters have occasionally shared updates on his condition and how the family is coping.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of coping
Adjective
  • But the closures and layoffs are vehemently opposed by the state of Lower Saxony, which owns 20 percent of VW Group, as well as the unions, which hold half of the seats on VW Group’s supervisory board.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Garwood, a supervisory civil engineer in the stormwater section of Overland Park’s Public Works Department, was conducting the city’s regular inspection of the South Park Lake dam.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Definition of supervisory
Noun
  • The community represents the inaugural partnership between real estate developers and conservationists intent on achieving conservation at scale.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Numbers rebounded to around 80 last year after significant conservation efforts.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of conservation
Verb
  • The scrambles to paper over the shortfalls essentially kick the fiscal can down the road without addressing the underlying causes.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Medicare supplemental insurance, also known as Medigap, is one option for addressing some of those expenses.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of addressing

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