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as in oversight
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club
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as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
one of the senior editors took over supervision of the project while the editor-in-chief was on maternity leave
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Recent Examples of supervision
Under the restructuring, the investigative arm has been removed from OEI and placed under the direct supervision of the police commissioner, an NYPD order reviewed by The News states.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Those in the red zone ae given supervision to meet our financial key performance indicators.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
No experience is necessary and youth volunteers are welcome with adult supervision.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
The wine list immediately became one of New York’s largest and best selected, with 1,800 labels and 9,000 bottles under the supervision of Master Sommelier Josh Nadel and Robin Wright, with four other sommeliers on staff.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Those in the red zone ae given supervision to meet our financial key performance indicators.
—Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
No experience is necessary and youth volunteers are welcome with adult supervision.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2025
The wine list immediately became one of New York’s largest and best selected, with 1,800 labels and 9,000 bottles under the supervision of Master Sommelier Josh Nadel and Robin Wright, with four other sommeliers on staff.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervision
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Reducing the department's workforce may hinder the oversight and implementation of federal educational programs, potentially disrupting services that support schools, educators, and students nationwide.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Carla Peterman, a PG&E corporate affairs officer, told lawmakers at an oversight hearing last month that $86 million of its 2024 profit went back to investors.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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Simultaneously, computer vision provides real-time awareness of cityscapes, improving traffic management, security monitoring, and autonomous service delivery.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Icahn is not a micro-manager and trusts his people and management to execute effectively.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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Under his stewardship, Le Bon Marché underwent a significant renovation, expanding its floor area by 43,000 square feet.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
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Specific amounts were recorded not because God needed their money, but because the people needed to show their commitment to the vision and because stewardship demands accountability.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Accord spun out of control, striking another vehicle, a 2019 Toyota Highlander.—
Jenny Gold,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Demand for guidance will likely rise, but success depends on whether those who need the coaching can find it.—
Kelly Stine,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Trump and his aides were explicit that the reasons for the exclusion were because the AP’s style guidance refused to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf America.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Within the Situation Room area is another smaller conference room that contains yet another Visa unit; the workers in this one monitor the cybersecurity of Visa’s own network operations.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Thai authorities said at least 76 people remained trapped under the debris, and rescue operations continued for a third day using drones and sniffer dogs to hunt for survivors.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Their huge fortunes are the legitimate wages of superintendence; in the struggle for existence, money is the token of success.—
Jeffery Vacante,
Hartford Courant,
19 Jan. 2025
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In exchange for help from the league in obtaining loans, a country had to accept the league’s superintendence of its economic affairs.—
Branko Milanovic,
Foreign Affairs,
21 June 2022
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In a sharp rebuke of the Trump administration, a new poll finds that nearly two-thirds of French citizens support a boycott of U.S. goods, opposing the new American administration led by President Donald Trump, which has been verbally targeting Europe since coming to office.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the chat that followed, administration officials discussed whether to delay the attack.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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