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as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
oversight of the club's fund-raising activities
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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
claiming "three billion" instead of "three million" was just an oversight
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as in supervision
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
you'll have oversight of the troop until the scoutmaster returns
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as in negligence
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
failing to lock the car can be an expensive oversight if it gets stolen
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Recent Examples of oversight
But Ives’s plan to create a special oversight committee and link pay to guardrails around his political activism also met with criticism from other Musk supporters.
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 July 2025
During Wednesday’s meeting, Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, called on the committee to hold a hearing about the ongoing measles outbreak and Kennedy’s shakeup of vaccine oversight.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Vaccine developers can profit from their products, but designing and testing a vaccine is a lot more work than selling a plant flavonol called quercetin as a treatment for COVID, and supplements are not subject to the same kind of regulatory oversight as drugs.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
The resolution is part of a broader debate over executive war powers and the need for legislative oversight in military decisions.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 July 2025
During Wednesday’s meeting, Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, called on the committee to hold a hearing about the ongoing measles outbreak and Kennedy’s shakeup of vaccine oversight.
—Sarah Owermohle, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
Vaccine developers can profit from their products, but designing and testing a vaccine is a lot more work than selling a plant flavonol called quercetin as a treatment for COVID, and supplements are not subject to the same kind of regulatory oversight as drugs.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
The resolution is part of a broader debate over executive war powers and the need for legislative oversight in military decisions.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversight
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Girls may, for example, struggle with time management, daydreaming or being a chatterbox and are more likely to be diagnosed with the primarily inattentive type of ADHD over the hyperactive type.—
Daliah Singer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 July 2025
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Emotional intelligence and the soft skills necessary to inspire hope are often seen as part of culture or talent management, rather than leveraged as strategic assets.—
Camille Nicita,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Investors who do not use the tool risk making major mistakes.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Such complacency could be a mistake, as some market watchers have cautioned.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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Digital Nomads Cultivate Self-Reliance That Drives Performance Working without direct supervision requires a high level of discipline.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Instead, they were placed under an order of supervision, which required them to check in annually with immigration officials.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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There had to be some human hand at work engineering this great misfortune — even if only through negligence.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 July 2025
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The lawsuit alleges negligent infliction of emotional distress and negligence, according to the Connecticut Mirror. Anthony Spinella, her attorney, told the Connecticut Mirror that Ortiz was seeking $3 million in damages.—
Livi Stanford,
Hartford Courant,
6 July 2025
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Laing emphasized that the Gloria administration had adopted many reforms to ensure that past city real-estate mistakes would not be repeated.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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According to him, the city inhabitants were feeling betrayed when it became known that Mariupol's mayor and his administration had left the city in the first days of the full-scale Russian aggression.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 July 2025
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High-profile cases have shown that spreadsheet errors can cost companies millions.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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Unforced error after unforced error plagued the team.—
Emma Moon,
Charlotte Observer,
13 July 2025
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His stewardship of the state during the COVID-19 pandemic was roundly criticized as overreach by Republicans with some municipal leaders ignoring business shutdown orders.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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Trade chips Under the stewardship of president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford and general manager Patrik Allvin, the Canucks have generally been an aggressive team on the trade market.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Police always investigate a drowning to rule out cases of abuse or extreme neglect, but an absent-minded parent accidentally forgetting to lock the pool gate or door to the backyard was unlikely to land them behind bars, Hoskin said.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
12 July 2025
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Not only in the United States, where academic medical centers (AMCs) are strained by politics, profit models and bureaucracy—but also in countries like Mexico, where health systems are crumbling under neglect and underfunding.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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“Oversight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversight. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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