MICROMANAGES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

micromanages

verb

present tense third-person singular of micromanage

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chiefly US to try to oversee all the small parts of (something, such as an activity) in a way that is usually not wanted or that causes problems He micromanaged every detail of the budget.

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Recent Examples of micromanages Soon, the leader speaks first, corrects too quickly, micromanages decisions and surrounds themselves with people who have learned that agreement is safer than curiosity. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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The Justice Department office that handles immigration courts said in a statement that judges were adjusting their schedules to resolve cases more quickly, while making sure all cases get handled fairly and lawfully.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Super Cruise pretty much handles all highway driving, including executing lane changes.

— Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of handles

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The five-member HOA board controls the building; all officers are in the Airbnb business.

— Joan Chrissos, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
Whenever a single jurisdiction controls a dominant share of processing or refining capacity, investors should assume that export control risk exists, even if markets are not currently pricing it in.

— Anthony Milewski, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of controls

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Mediheal offers a host of other toner pads—from its Collagen Ampoule pads Vogue’s Kiana Murden swears by, to its PDRN Lifting pad that addresses fine lines.

— Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 July 2026
Great battery life that finally addresses one of the Framework Laptop 13’s biggest shortcomings.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Definition of addresses

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Cusick and Kretschmann offer complementary chords of variable petulance and insecurity, as newcomer Cuoso ably negotiates her character’s shifting ambiguities.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026
The federal government also negotiates directly with pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of some of the most expensive drugs in Medicare, through a program created by Congress in 2022.

— Ali Swenson, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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The State Board of Education supervises public K–12 education across the state, overseeing educational interests in Kansas.

— Zuri Primos July 26, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
David Smith, who supervises the district’s aedes crew, said his team has received an increasing number of service requests for day-biting mosquitoes within the neighborhood.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of supervises

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Doing any of those things in 15 seconds where classical computing takes an hour is huge, mostly because many of these optimization problems are constantly changing minute by minute.

— John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Coop takes some distance, riding to the restaurant in a separate van and sitting at the opposite end of the table from Kat at dinner.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 28 July 2026

Definition of takes

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Led by Guido Pagano, PhD, a physics and astronomy professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, the research team developed a two-knob control system that independently regulates heating and cooling.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Herzog said clock changes disrupt circadian rhythms, the body's internal clock that regulates sleep and other biological functions.

— Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 31 July 2026

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