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as in operated
to look after and make decisions about
will oversee the new manufacturing division
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as in supervised
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 overseen
Nadella has overseen one of Microsoft’s largest corporate overhauls this past year.
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Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
After Robin Hood ends up at an island priory overseen by the healer Sister Brigid (Comer), the pace slows down, a welcome change.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The ride was the last attraction to be personally overseen by founder Walt Disney before his death in 1966.
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Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
With the Mets, Green has overseen a farm system that’s in the middle of an uneven season but that produced recent success stories in right-hander Nolan McLean and outfielders Carson Benge and AJ Ewing.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
In 2024 and 2025, Verstappen eventually committed to staying with the team which has overseen his entire F1 career.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Founded by Ken and Kristin Reali on Tuscan values and farmed for both French and Italian grapes (including one of Washington's first plantings of Vermentino), it's overseen by veteran winemaker Serge Laville.
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Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The advisory board is overseen by the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, a nonprofit formed to protect natural resources and promoting sustainable land use in Windham, New London and Tolland counties.
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Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
This will be the third wedding Hall has overseen at the Ocean House, a 2004 recreation of a palatial Victorian hotel that originally opened on the site in 1868.
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Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
After Robin Hood ends up at an island priory overseen by the healer Sister Brigid (Comer), the pace slows down, a welcome change.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
The ride was the last attraction to be personally overseen by founder Walt Disney before his death in 1966.
—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
With the Mets, Green has overseen a farm system that’s in the middle of an uneven season but that produced recent success stories in right-hander Nolan McLean and outfielders Carson Benge and AJ Ewing.
—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2026
In 2024 and 2025, Verstappen eventually committed to staying with the team which has overseen his entire F1 career.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Founded by Ken and Kristin Reali on Tuscan values and farmed for both French and Italian grapes (including one of Washington's first plantings of Vermentino), it's overseen by veteran winemaker Serge Laville.
—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The advisory board is overseen by the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, a nonprofit formed to protect natural resources and promoting sustainable land use in Windham, New London and Tolland counties.
—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
21 June 2026
This will be the third wedding Hall has overseen at the Ocean House, a 2004 recreation of a palatial Victorian hotel that originally opened on the site in 1868.
—
Choire Sicha,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseen
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Onboard spas are also commonly operated by third-party providers.
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Another pilot flying into Newark on a United Express flight operated by GoJet Airlines also reported seeing a drone at roughly 2,000 feet, according to ATC audio from around the same time.
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But Simón supervised three months of rehearsals prior to production with most of the cast, all of which the director filmed on her Handicam.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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Experts and operators in the adventure tourism industry watched in horror as a video went viral of a young woman in Brazil plunging to her death this month.
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Jurors also watched body camera video from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials who first responded to the scene of the crash, heard from law enforcement and good Samaritans who helped and saw the boat involved in the crash in person.
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The Legislative Analyst’s Office, the nonpartisan fiscal advisor for lawmakers, recently examined the increase in state spending since 2019-20, Newsom’s first full year in office.
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The study examined how concentrated each category is by measuring the share of top 10 mentions held by the top 3 brands.
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The project also included heavy-ion radiation testing conducted by NASA to evaluate the platform’s resilience for orbital and lunar missions.
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The commander of the NC13 strike UGV company in the 3rd Assault Brigade told the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi in December that his unit has already conducted offensive operations using multiple armed robots simultaneously.
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But the Colorado legislation, signed into law in May, allows the state to pursue the types of cases typically handled at the federal level, such as those involving allegations of discrimination and harassment.
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The Dodgers have praised how Tucker has handled his struggles in the first year of a four-year, $240 million deal.
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The Phillies loaded the bases with two outs in the second, and after fouling off several Chandler pitches, Crawford took another late swipe and managed to hit one down the third base line off the end of the bat.
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In addition, problems at large banks — the failure of which could cause systemic issues — can be managed better if those banks have a larger cushion of reserves to draw on, either to get through a difficult period or to be resolved.
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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.
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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.
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“Overseen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseen. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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