as in operations
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
his scrupulous intendance of the university's finances
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intendances
Noun
-
Earlier this month, the Drug Enforcement Agency announced 617 arrests and over $12 million in currency and asset seizures during a concentrated effort to dismantle Sinaloa Cartel operations in the US and abroad.—
Avery Schmitz,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025 -
In the United States, Barack Obama was on his way to reëlection, his campaign driven by the largest social-media and data-analysis operations in political history.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
In such a scenario, IPOs offer a better play for the Indian markets as managements and bankers price the issue attractively, drawing significant investor interest, experts told CNBC.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
To implement explicit content settings, turn on or off parental controls in device settings.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
-
Consequently, every knowledge worker must adopt a risk management mindset, constantly assessing the potential blast radius of their prompts and acting as a steward of their company’s data, controls, and compliance obligations.—
Marco Argenti,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
People are asking me for directions.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
-
Since both directions are required for a record-holding run, in addition to a production volume of 30 or more cars (only 13 Venoms have been sold), the Hennessey doesn’t qualify for official record books.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Charlotin pointed out that attorneys can be particularly prone to oversights, as individuals in his profession delegate tasks to teams, oftentimes don’t read all of the material collected by coworkers, and copy and paste strings of citations without proper fact-checking methods.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
-
Among other oversights, the study’s statistical time frame fails to capture a holistic view of political violence in America.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Only one case has resulted in federal charges for imitating an officer – another break from the past four administrations, when roughly half of the ICE-imposter cases were charged under federal statutes.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
-
Trump is threatening to go further than past administrations, though, raising the stakes and the partisan posture of federal agencies, said Elaine Kamarck, founding director of the Center for Effective Public Management at The Brookings Institution.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
The research found that 59% of those posts espoused conspiracy theories about Jews, such as that Jewish people control governments, that Jews are satanic in nature, or that the Holocaust never occurred or misrepresentations of what happened during the Holocaust.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
-
To stop Google from mandating the new rules, F-Droid is urging governments to scrutinize the company and calling on users to press regulators to step in.—
Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
When asked whether the move was premature, Jeff Fleming, a spokesman for the mayor's office, cited state regulations.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
-
Los Milics aimed to remedy both problems — though county zoning regulations also played a role.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Intendances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intendances. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share