reined (in)

verb

past tense of rein (in)
as in contained
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) try to rein in your spending, so you have some money left for saving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reined (in)
  1. contained
  2. regulated
  3. controlled
  4. kept
  5. restrained
  6. curbed
  7. measured
Verb
  • Previously, the bazaar lasted a full weekend, according to previous Bee coverage, but it is now contained to a single-day event on Saturday.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The computer industry once contained many companies producing general-purpose machines.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of contained
Verb
  • California is seen as one of the key battlegrounds for how the technology is regulated across the country.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • And in a public letter released earlier this week, more than 1,000 AI staffers across leading firms called for the industry to be more tightly regulated.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of regulated
Verb
  • Fourteen of Freedom Fuel’s 25 locations are controlled by companies linked to Shamikh and Syed Kazmi, eight of which are leased from the investment firm Blue Owl Capital, the Associated Press reported.
    — Ty Roush, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Unlike conventional drone operations, where individual aircraft are controlled separately, swarms are designed to allow multiple unmanned systems to coordinate, share information, adapt to battlefield conditions, and carry out missions collectively.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of controlled
Verb
  • Seneca, the Roman philosopher, argued that people kept getting the message of Homer’s epic poems wrong.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Seattle kept it close, cutting the lead to single digits in the fourth quarter before Atlanta held firm.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of kept
Verb
  • Law enforcement officers, assigned to the event, arrested the attacker — soon identified as Matar — after civilians restrained him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • The surroundings are deliberately theatrical rather than fashionably restrained, with designer Richard Saunders leaning into lacquer, velvet, dramatic lighting and Art Deco references.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of restrained
Verb
  • That’s particularly important this year as the wildfire has curbed tourism following a tough winter marred by drought, Ducharme said.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 31 July 2026
  • The expansion to California’s film and TV tax credit program hasn’t notably curbed lethargic production levels in Los Angeles, at least not yet.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Definition of curbed
Verb
  • The researchers compared each graduate’s actual first employer against every other firm that plausibly could have hired them, then measured how the presence of fellow Ivy Leaguers at those firms shaped where graduates actually landed.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Success should be measured not simply by enrollment or program completion, but by employment, wages, retention, and career advancement.
    — Emma Pfohman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of measured
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“Reined (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reined%20%28in%29. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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