How to Use oversight in a Sentence
oversight
noun- The new manager was given oversight of the project.
- The error was a simple oversight.
- The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight.
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O’Rourke blames both the skill of the craftsmen and the lax oversight of the codes for the continued problem.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
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The software on the cars was claimed to have been an error, an oversight.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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When that occurs, the pilots can leave the cockpits and oversight can be from the ground.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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But critics argue the lack of oversight opens the door for abuse.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
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The oversight of time zones was assigned to the DOT to help keep track of transportation.
—Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
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The issue has sought to place greater oversight on the department.
—Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 26 May 2022
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The first meeting of one of the oversight committees was Monday in the city of Monroe.
—chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2022
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Those who lived through those times say such an oversight comes at our own peril.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
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Ariwite said his lack of an apology to the tribe in the letter was an oversight.
—oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
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This is in keeping with a board member’s oversight role.
—Amy Glynn, Forbes, 11 June 2022
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That the oversight has not been corrected is, perhaps, a sign of his standing in the program.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
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Users were storing their funds in a black box and had no oversight into how they were being stored.
—Roomy Khan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
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The result was no oversight for the bankrupt crypto exchange.
—Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
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How does the Board execute its oversight of cyber-risks?
—Betsy Atkins, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
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Still, oversight of Ready to Work by the City Council has been relatively lax.
—Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2022
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In April 2021, Sherin asked the oversight commission to allow the project to tap Medicaid funds.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
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The idea was to give kids the freedom to buy things on their own, while also allowing parents oversight.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
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Contractors hired by the company performed the tests, with oversight from the state.
—David Abel, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2022
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Now city staff, after consulting with the state oversight agency, are ready to pare down the field of contenders.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2022
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Carlson stepped down from day-to-day oversight of the website after landing his show on Fox News and sold his stake in the outlet in 2020.
—CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
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Democrats fear that a unit without proper oversight could lead to problems.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
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Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
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State leaders say the court ruling increased the urgency to put state oversight in place.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
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To what extent premiums might rise even with the state’s oversight is unclear.
—Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
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Vern Pierson of the oversight, and that Dahl’s children had never been told that she was no longer considered guilty.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
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During his rocky tenure at City Hall, in addition to the four lawsuits, he was rebuked in an oversight report for pushing security guards at a migrant shelter then providing false information to cops in ordering the guards arrested.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
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The 166-page report from the president’s digital assets working group offered detailed guidance to Congress and federal regulators on everything from crypto oversight to taxation to banking rules.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 1 Aug. 2025
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