oversaw

past tense of oversee
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Recent Examples of oversaw Part of the coup plot, prosecutors alleged, involved a plan to potentially use explosives, weapons of war or poison to assassinate leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw Bolsonaro’s trial. Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025 The city’s Cultural Arts Division and Cultural Commission oversaw the integration of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art with the help of a community selection team. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025 Cliff Stein, who teaches sports law and contract negotiations at Northwestern University, oversaw the Chicago Bears' cap from 2002-15 and stayed with the team as legal counsel through 2023. Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025 Netanyahu oversaw the Doha operation's execution alongside senior leaders from the Israeli military and domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet, after months of planning, according to Israeli media. Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025 Nejatian spent six years at Shopify and oversaw the Canadian e-commerce company’s product division in addition to serving as its COO. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025 In the 2010s, Khusnullin oversaw Moscow's renovation, which included the expansion of the capital's metro, the reconstruction of one of Moscow's sports complexes for the World Cup and the creation of Zaryadye Park right under the Kremlin walls. Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025 Vergato oversaw performance tuning of Arrow’s Oracle EBS data bases, including work by Perlstein’s company. Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025 Nessel’s office oversaw the prosecution, which ends after Simmons determined there was not enough probable cause to send the case to trial after a lengthy preliminary examination process for the 15 remaining defendants. Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversaw
Verb
  • The estate has supervised the release of over forty albums of Hendrix’s studio and live recordings in conjunction with the guitarist’s main engineer, Eddie Kramer.
    Mike Alleyne Ph.D, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Four university police officers supervised the event, setting up what appeared to be a sort of perimeter surrounding the group.
    Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What sets Leviyev apart from her competitors is the fact that each treatment is handled with utmost compassion, precision, and a belief that external beauty is a result of harmony between internal bodily functions.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Hikaru Kondo, the movie’s general director, wrote the lyrics and the composition and arrangement were handled by the composers of the film’s soundtrack — the former by Go Shiina, the latter by Shiina and Sachiko Miyano.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hours later, Utah officials confirmed Kirk had died, meaning that everyone who watched the video had essentially just viewed a snuff film.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • De La Cruz, who struck out looking with the bases loaded in the ninth in last week’s loss to the Mets, watched two strikes from Morejon to fall behind 1-2.
    C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new footage proved to be crucial in both the Right of Review hearing and the subsequent hearing that re-examined the incident.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • At a nearby hospital, after a doctor examined her wounds and tested her for a concussion, investigators snapped photos of the bruises on her face.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Autumn Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 16 hours.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • With head coach Dean Smith suspended (yellow card accumulation), associate head coach Miles Joseph managed Charlotte to its fifth clean sheet in six games.
    Colin Cerniglia, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • DeMelo was attended to on the field before being taken to a nearby hospital, the National Women’s Soccer League confirmed in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The same goes for Beyonce, though the megastar hasn't attended an Emmys ceremony in her life despite past and present nominations.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sanders denies his company made tianeptine products, though another former employee also claims in court documents that Shaman Botanicals sold tianeptine, and FDA reports reviewed by The Star list Shaman Botanicals as a distributor of a tianeptine product that was later recalled.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Izaña-1 and Izaña-2 laser-ranging stations are operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and were constructed by the German company DiGOS, which specializes in laser ranging.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Imagine a dispensary in Colorado that has operated for years under state rules.
    Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Oversaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversaw. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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