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as in supervised
to look after and make decisions about
will oversee the new manufacturing division
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as in handled
to be in charge of
looking for someone to oversee the project from start to finish
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as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
oversee the household until Dad gets home
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as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
her job was to oversee each and every dish before it left the kitchen and was served to a customer
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Recent Examples of oversaw
In his time at Disneyland, Mazloum oversaw the park’s 70th anniversary celebration and recently pledged to eliminate time limitations for park-hopping, which are designed to manage foot traffic at Disneyland and California Adventure.
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Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Prior to running Disney’s cruise business, Mazloum oversaw the Disney World hotels, Disney Springs outdoor shopping mall and bus transportation operations in Florida.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
Chait began his career in LAUSD classrooms teaching kindergarten before becoming a principal and later superintendent of the district’s then-Local District Northeast, one of the regional divisions that oversaw school communities across Northeast Los Angeles and parts of the San Fernando Valley.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Edu oversaw a £200million recruitment campaign, which eventually saw Forest make 13 new additions, many of whom have failed to make an impact.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Prasad, an oncologist by training who was also serving as the FDA’s chief scientific and medical officer, oversaw the regulation of vaccines, gene therapies, and blood products.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
Johnson installed a new meter and handed off the old one to a third-party contractor who oversaw packing it up and sending it out to a lab.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
An interim committee took over governing Iran after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989 and oversaw a nuclear program that triggered punishing sanctions.
—semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
This is the first statewide election in Texas since Republicans oversaw a controversial, rare mid-decade redistricting.
—From Staff Reports, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Prior to running Disney’s cruise business, Mazloum oversaw the Disney World hotels, Disney Springs outdoor shopping mall and bus transportation operations in Florida.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 10 Mar. 2026
Chait began his career in LAUSD classrooms teaching kindergarten before becoming a principal and later superintendent of the district’s then-Local District Northeast, one of the regional divisions that oversaw school communities across Northeast Los Angeles and parts of the San Fernando Valley.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
Edu oversaw a £200million recruitment campaign, which eventually saw Forest make 13 new additions, many of whom have failed to make an impact.
—David Ornstein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
Prasad, an oncologist by training who was also serving as the FDA’s chief scientific and medical officer, oversaw the regulation of vaccines, gene therapies, and blood products.
—Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
Johnson installed a new meter and handed off the old one to a third-party contractor who oversaw packing it up and sending it out to a lab.
—Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 5 Mar. 2026
An interim committee took over governing Iran after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had ruled since 1989 and oversaw a nuclear program that triggered punishing sanctions.
—semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
This is the first statewide election in Texas since Republicans oversaw a controversial, rare mid-decade redistricting.
—From Staff Reports, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversaw
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All schools will be open, breakfast and lunch will be provided, and all students will be properly supervised.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Mojtaba Khamenei was selected by Iran's Assembly of Experts, comprised of 88 clerics and supervised by the 12-member Guardian Council, which acts as a watchdog for Iran's constitution.—
Claire Day,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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October 23 – November 21 Today must be handled one thing at a time.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Thursday was a momentous day for the district, with teachers demonstrating at campuses, the district calling for a return to negotiations for union leaders and parents trying to determine whether to send their children to school as substitutes handled classroom duties.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Anyone who has watched the last decade of merger mania in Hollywood has good reason to be skeptical.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Millions of viewers watched with a mix of fascination and disbelief, but what happens to a person when they’re cut off from their reflection for three months?—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
9 Mar. 2026
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Because the diagnosis was so unusual, zoo staff examined the bodies of 64 free-ranging roof rats that had either been euthanized in the course of regular pest control or found dead on the property.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The test examined everything from the launch sequence to the deployment and separation of the reentry vehicles.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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And yet, Trump has also managed to avoid complex questions about those issues — the most pressing before his administration — and despite Democrats and some of his own supporters lashing out over them.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Gibb managed to get to 17 points, but finished just 6 of 22 from the field.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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Luis Miranda, father of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, attended the hearing.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
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In an unusual show of support for someone convicted of such a significant crime, about 50 people attended Lauer’s sentencing hearing on Monday, including his sister, children, two rabbis and members of his religious congregation.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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South Korea has reportedly reviewed whether to introduce an oil price cap for the first time in 30 years, according to Yonhap News.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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The strikes have targeted at least 123 headquarters, barracks and local bases operated by Iran’s paramilitary organizations, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Basij militia.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Mostly out of necessity, Ukraine developed cheap interceptor drones known as the Sting system, which are operated by pilots who can guide them to crash into Shahed drones, forcing them to explode.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Oversaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversaw. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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