overseen

past participle of oversee
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Recent Examples of overseen The sale, which will be overseen by Wilsons Auctions, is centered around six vehicles that previously in belonged to Anopkumar Muadhoo. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025 Once completed, the investigation will be overseen by the local District Attorney’s Office. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025 It’s stretched to 16 volumes over the past three decades, chronicling practically every era of his career, and they were all overseen by Dylan’s longtime manager, Jeff Rosen. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 As part of the newsroom, all Alyssa’s work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors. Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Said to offer a level of care not currently available in any other local program, patients would be overseen by doctors and nurses who would oversee withdrawal management and therapy designed to prevent relapses. Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 With leaves still clinging to the trees, Arne Slot had overseen four straight defeats, prompting searching questions to be asked of the head coach, the club’s summer transfer strategy, senior players and everything in between. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 The administration has both overseen sweeping raids targeting undocumented immigrants regardless of their criminal records and cut down on pathways to legal immigration, including asylum. Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025 When Harry Truman added a not very grand balcony to the Executive Residence, the move was controversial, but the construction was overseen by a bipartisan commission. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseen
Verb
  • The planes will have a sleek, minimalist look; the whole design concept evokes the aesthetic of luxury around-the-world charters, like those operated by Four Seasons and Aman.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to the theater, the Olympia building is set to include a 4,000-capacity live music venue (operated by AEG Presents), exhibition and conferencing spaces for up to 20,000 people, hotels, offices and a coeducational senior school.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hoban supervised construction of the porticoes on the north and south sides of the building that Latrobe originally designed in 1807.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.
    Anna Chernova, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Ronald Reagan, who oversaw a major remodel of the screening room, also watched a mix of new movies and classics, including Stagecoach, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and, bizarrely, Warren Beatty's communist biopic Reds.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Off the coast of a small island in southern Indonesia, boaters watched the waves as some marine mammals approached the boat.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to a recent documentary, police have examined whether Revak might have been connected to as many as five different homicides over a 14-year span, including the disappearance of Huisentruit.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For instance, the team examined SIRT1, a post-translational regulator linked to inflammation and cancer.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The study, the first of its kind locally, was conducted by Sojourner Family Peace Center in Milwaukee, the state's largest advocacy organization for victims of domestic violence.
    Ashley Luthern, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Mamdani Holds Steady Lead in Latest Polls Across 10 major survey conducted since early September, Mamdani has polled in the low-to-mid 40s—a level of support that has held steady even as other candidates have struggled to break through.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hubbarth handled it pretty well, asking a couple of questions on the issues and producing a little news.
    Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Caliendo handled the rest of the game, allowing no quarterback pressures on 32 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In court, Everett reviewed details of the case, including McGraw's deletion of a text message that was part of discovery in the case, an action that the judge said was considered in his ruling.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • 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, 28 Oct. 2025

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“Overseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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