OVERSIGHTS Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

oversights

noun

plural of oversight

as in managements

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 mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy claiming "three billion" instead of "three million" was just an oversight

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as in stewardships

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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Recent Examples of oversights From simple oversights to novel prompt injection attacks, there’s no telling what the next zero-day vulnerability will be, especially in the new agentic world that Ashley and Shimel say has already arrived. —

Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026 Mistakes or oversights in DOT regulations could lead to lawsuits or even injuries and deaths in the transportation system. —

Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 Little oversights turn into big feelings. —

Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026 For ages, the Oscars’ In Memoriam segment has seen oversights and face plants galore. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Mar. 2026 For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics. —

Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 Don’t let temporary doubts stop you from having a good time, but try to balance that with attention to any potential oversights. —

Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026 According to the team, identifying risks early can prevent small oversights from becoming serious problems later. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026 While that claim sounded appealing, a substantive review revealed conclusions that lacked credibility and included significant gaps, unsupported assumptions and critical oversights that would directly impact emergency operations, staffing levels, training standards and critical incident response. —

Gregory Tony, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Increasingly, managements at the gleaming apartment complexes that have been built in the past few years are offering deals or discounts to prospective tenants, a practice that wasn’t happening back when the mega-wave of new apartment construction hit Connecticut after the pandemic.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
In such a scenario, IPOs offer a better play for the Indian markets as managements and bankers price the issue attractively, drawing significant investor interest, experts told CNBC.

— Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025