How to Use supervision in a Sentence

supervision

noun
  • She's responsible for the supervision of a large staff.
  • Young children need constant supervision.
  • Once the scooter is ready to ride, supervision is key for your on-the-go kid.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
  • For Latine teens like me in the 2000s, the party crew scene was the place to grind the night away far away from parental supervision.
    — Janice Llamoca, refinery29.com, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The state has recommend a three-year prison term and six years of supervision.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • And yep, all of them are easy-enough for toddlers and kids to make (with some supervision) to give as a sweet handmade present.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2023
  • At 13, Tom had fit the profile of most of the kids who became ring boys: a minor who didn’t have a lot of adult supervision.
    — Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Who wouldn’t want a glimpse into the world of uber wealthy teens living very adult lives—sans parental supervision—in the heart of New York City?
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Pets shouldn’t be let outside without close supervision and should be kept on a leash while out on a walk.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • Police said the man would be put under the supervision of a court in Madrid in the coming days, which will decide whether he should be charged.
    — Xavier Fontdegloria, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The fee just for pretrial supervision can be as high as $300 per month.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This kit is designed for kids 8 years and up, but some younger children (like my son) can use it, too, with some adult supervision.
    — Laura Lu, Parents, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The good news is that there are so many hours of TV shows and films being made these days that the demand for music supervision is enormous.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Dixon is now in the second of his 22 years of extended supervision.
    — jsonline.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • This should be done under a health care provider's supervision.
    — Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 30 July 2024
  • And each one of us has at least one weekly supervision session.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Editing is by Dan Gitlin; sound supervision is by Nick Bergh.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In May, a judge sentenced Armas to serve seven years and six months in prison, followed by five years of supervision.
    — Beth Warren, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Sound and image weren’t always in sync, but the stage show (under the music supervision of Michael J. Moritz Jr.) never missed a beat.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • As part of his bond supervision, a judge ordered him to surrender any firearms.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • While board members do not play a role in bank supervision, the optics of the situation are bad.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the jobs pay low median wages, such as retail supervision (No. 9).
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The authors suggested that school closings and a resulting lack of adult supervision may have played a role in the trend.
    — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Troy Tindall picked up a handgun to show his 11-year-old twin sons, who have used his AR-15-style rifle with his supervision.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2022
  • The agreement was that Kip could use it only with his father’s supervision.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Kitna, 19, will be under the supervision of his parents in Burleson, Texas, according to the AP.
    — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Brostrom ordered Walton to serve eight years in prison and four years of extended supervision for the homicide charge.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Strong safety Jaquan Brisker and linebacker Noah Sewell each went through workouts under the supervision of the training staff about three hours before the game.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
  • To address supervision challenges and ensure students arrive to school as close to the start time as possible, the district would shift the start and end times to the student day.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Prisoners sit in rows in the corridor outside their cells for the talks or are led through exercise regimens under the supervision of guards.
    — Marcos Alemán and Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025

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