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Definition of oversight
1a : watchful and responsible care you to whom oversight of the University is entrusted — N. M. Puseyb : regulatory supervision congressional oversight The new manager was given oversight of the project.
2 : an inadvertent omission or error whether by oversight or intention — G. B. Shaw The error was a simple oversight.
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Examples of oversight in a Sentence
The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight.
The error was a simple oversight.
The new manager was given oversight of the project.
Recent Examples of oversight from the Web
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The mandate has since been restricted to performing more of an oversight role.
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The draft also strips some oversight powers from judges and gives security officials more latitude to act without judicial review.
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The sticking points will be how to resolve disputes during the transition and whether the EU courts will have oversight.
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Dudgeon said the office has taken steps to improve oversight of its finances, including new guidelines about how to dispose of surplus property.
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The report found that 12 of 31 contracts reviewed by auditors were never entered into a state database created to resolve lack-of-oversight issues discovered in 2002.
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Others contend that in addition to providing air traffic services, the FAA also provides oversight for those services.
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The U.S. Treasury Department last year recommended more robust regulatory oversight for online lending, as well as greater protections for borrowers.
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Before the settlements, Heipt and Budge said the arrangement between the city of Yelm and the tribe raises questions of training and oversight of the Nisqually jail.
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First Known Use of oversight
15th century
OVERSIGHT Defined for English Language Learners
oversight
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: a mistake made because someone forgets or fails to notice something
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: the act or job of directing work that is being done
OVERSIGHT Defined for Kids
oversight
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1 : the act or duty of overseeing : watchful care He was assigned oversight of the project.
2 : an error or something forgotten through carelessness or haste It was surely an oversight that you weren't invited.
Headscratcher for oversight
What do “watchful care” and “careless error” have in common? Though they are opposites they are both meanings of oversight.
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