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manage
verb as in be in charge, control
Strongest matches
administer, conduct, dominate, govern, guide, handle, maintain, operate, oversee, regulate, run, supervise, take care of, take over, train, use
Strong matches
advocate, boss, captain, command, concert, counsel, designate, direct, disburse, engineer, execute, head, influence, instruct, manipulate, minister, officiate, pilot, ply, preside, request, rule, steer, superintend, watch, wield
Weak matches
call the shots, call upon, care for, carry on, engage in, hold down, run the show, take the helm, watch over
verb as in accomplish
Strong matches
arrange, con, contrive, cook, doctor, effect, engineer, execute, finagle, fix, jockey, plant, rig, scam, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle
Weak matches
bring about, bring off, cope with, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over
Example Sentences
Lord Roy Kennedy, who as chief whip is responsible for managing the government's legislative programme in the upper chamber, told peers government time would not be allocated to the bill.
If they manage that, it will be only the third time England have ended a year with a 90% or better win percentage since the start of the 20th Century.
And bring your bills, your credit-card statements, your school forms, the streaming services you need to unsubscribe from, the airline miles you need to manage, the expenses app you need to figure out.
Leonard Green manages about $75 billion in assets, according to its website.
"Previous findings have inferred that they exist, or hinted at their presence, but haven't actually confirmed that material has definitively escaped out into space. We've now managed to do this for the first time."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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