as in superintendent
a person who watches and directs the work of other people in order to be sure that a job is done correctly
She was named overseer of new product development. government/industry overseers
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Recent Examples of overseer
Targeting p53’s overseers Researchers are also investigating other proteins that interact with p53 as potential treatment options.
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Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
But Musk’s approach represents a fundamental shift—one that moves away from AI as a tool and toward AI as an overseer.
—Sejal Sharma, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2025
The company created a board of overseers to review any product the company created, and its products’ code was made public.
—David Goldman, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025
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Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2025
But Musk’s approach represents a fundamental shift—one that moves away from AI as a tool and toward AI as an overseer.
—Sejal Sharma, Interesting Engineering, 11 Feb. 2025
The company created a board of overseers to review any product the company created, and its products’ code was made public.
—David Goldman, CNN, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseer
Noun
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The former superintendent, Nicole Swigart, denied saying any of that.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
2 May 2025
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Now, the Trump administration is going further up the chain of command in the state, and taking aim at the superintendent.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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In the workers’ break room, managers stripped the dedicated union bulletin board and removed the binders containing the collective-bargaining agreement.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
29 Apr. 2025
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Kirk started in business as a revenue assurance manager.—
Kirk W. McLaren,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The city’s transit supervisors are set to vote against the MTA rank and file in the upcoming primary for Gotham’s comptroller.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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The two Democratic supervisors want to change how the county calculates its minimum reserve amount and expand the definition of what counts as reserves.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
Noun
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As a result of Buchanan’s termination, the board has determined to withdraw his nomination for election as a director of the company at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting to be held on May 14.—
Time,
Time,
2 May 2025
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At the same time, companies are adding higher-level supply-chain executives as companies move their goods sourcing from China to the U.S. or other Asian countries, said Kareem Bakr, managing director of Phaidon International, a recruiting agency.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Fredrick Pugh, chief of response, Sector St. Petersburg, said in a statement on Monday.—
Darren Reynolds,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2025
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In a Kremlin meeting Saturday, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff for Russia’s armed forces, told Putin that Russian forces had retaken the Kursk region.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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