tower
noun
a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
has towered
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present perfectof tower (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Netanyahu has towered over Israeli politics since he became the youngest prime minister in 1996 at age 46.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Former president Donald Trump has towered over the Republican field since he announced his candidacy in November 2022.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2023
In a year when artificial intelligence has towered over the business world, OpenAI, with its ubiquitous ChatGPT and Dall-E products, has been the center of the universe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The latest Marvel movie, which has towered over box office charts for three weekends in a row, added another $31.6 million from 4,534 theaters between Friday and Sunday.
From Reuters ● May 22, 2022
Thrice it has towered up in a great system: through Philo in the classical, through Maimonides in the mediæval, through Spinoza in the modern world.
From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Norman Bentwich
