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
In one of her first big decisions since stepping into the role, Jain has promoted Rivals commissioner Lee Mason and Blind Date overseer Sean Doyle to VPs of Scripted and Unscripted respectively.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
After David Otto’s death in 2022, the youngest of his three children is now the primary overseer of the store alongside Jennifer.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
One way to pressure would-be overseers into doing this nasty work is to dangle the possibility of more power and higher office at them.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
After David Otto’s death in 2022, the youngest of his three children is now the primary overseer of the store alongside Jennifer.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2026
But the seven-member volunteer commission — long expected to take the reins from OPD’s federal overseers — still seems to be struggling to gain footing within Oakland’s complex bureaucratic tangles.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
One way to pressure would-be overseers into doing this nasty work is to dangle the possibility of more power and higher office at them.
—Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseer
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The Daily News reached out to the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, and Amy Sebring, who has direct oversight of the monument as the superintendent of park service sites in Manhattan, for comment.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Heather Campos, assistant superintendent of human resources, presented a proposal to potentially cut over 30 full-time positions and 12 substitute teacher jobs by March, due to what the district said is declining enrollment and budget shortfalls.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Macclesfield manager John Rooney dedicated his team’s amazing win to their former player’s memory as the non-league side’s players continue to be inspired by their late teammate.—
Patrick Snell,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.—
Nick Bowlin,
The Frontier,
16 Feb. 2026
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Neither his direct supervisor nor his director knew about what was going on, the worker said.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Feb. 2026
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Andy Yung, fisheries supervisor at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's Hot Springs office, said stripers sometimes hunt around brushpiles that are located near channels.—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The drama also won best director for Clint Bentley and best cinematography for Adolpho Veloso.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kristi Trail, executive director of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, said plastic beads are a twofold problem.—
TRAVIS LOLLER,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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Zuckerberg’s court appearance follows that of Instagram chief Adam Mosseri last week.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Leading the ticket alongside Magyar are international energy expert Anita Orbán (no relation to the prime minister), whom the party tapped as its prospective foreign policy chief, and former Shell executive István Kapitány, who would fill a senior economy position in a future Tisza government.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Overseer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseer. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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