quarterbacking

verb

present participle of quarterback
as in supervising
to be in charge of she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign

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Recent Examples of quarterbacking Payton is ready to begin orchestrating the Monday morning quarterbacking on The Score. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 From an early age, Nussmeier was taught the art of quarterbacking by his father, Doug Nussmeier, who played quarterback in the NFL from 1994-2000 before embarking on a 20-year college- and NFL-coaching career. — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026 Stidham was again quarterbacking the second unit when the Broncos resumed practice Monday after a day off. — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The game plan is to hit first, before the defense can react and adjust, something the Dolphins often did well with McDaniel as their head coach, Barry coaching the offensive line and Tua Tagovailoa quarterbacking an up-tempo offense. — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 June 2026 On Sunday, two days prior to the softball state tournament, Adamez was quarterbacking Park’s flag football team to three playoff victories to earn the Wolfpack their second trip to state in as many seasons. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 Geno Smith, who comes back now for another tour with the Jets, is 35, and just a few years away from throwing for more than 4,200 yards and quarterbacking the Seahawks to the playoffs, and being named Comeback Player of the Year. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026 Hafley has a similar, divisional challenge with Maye and Allen quarterbacking against him. — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 Sam Darnold will be under center for the Seahawks while Matt Stafford is quarterbacking the Rams. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacking
  1. supervising
  2. handling
  3. overseeing
  4. managing
Verb
  • Registrations have to be renewed each year, and solar companies are responsible for supervising the salespeople working on their behalf.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The shape of the work changed, from producing answers to checking them, and from performing tasks to supervising them.
    — Fernando Fainzilber, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervising
Verb
  • The robot is designed as a general-purpose platform capable of handling a broad range of applications and improving through self-reinforcement from real-world experience.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The only people who seem to, frankly, are the leaders at Western Michigan, the ones with the biggest complaint about this and the ones who seem to be handling it the most maturely.
    — Will Leitch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • After a cargo plane overshot a runway and killed five people outside Miami International Airport, members of the county board overseeing that facility are considering whether to spend big on a potential safety upgrade.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Along the way, Reid confronted several dynasties before overseeing one of his own.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of overseeing
Verb
  • Having a healthy lawn means managing soil conditions for the roots, mowing properly, and strengthening the density of the grass by overseeding.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Asked about their firm’s primary hurdle in managing the current trade landscape, the vast majority (57 percent) said policy uncertainty, like tariffs changing with little notice, as their foremost challenge.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of managing

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