stewardships

noun

plural of stewardship
1
as in operations
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something generally the dean left the day-to-day stewardship of the college to the assistant dean

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2
as in oversights
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone's responsibility

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  1. operations
  2. oversights
  3. managements
  4. supervisions
  5. administrations
  6. regulations
  7. controls
  8. leaderships
Noun
  • Militaries often run command and control operations away from the frontlines; enemies have sought to disrupt those communications through jamming and, in the past few decades, cyberattacks.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The integrated approach has the potential to reduce energy consumption, simplify operations, and minimize secondary waste generation compared with conventional desalination methods.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of operations
Noun
  • Encouraging dissent and challenging assumptions strengthens innovation, preventing costly oversights.
    — Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Common oversights include everything from not packing a universal adapter to lacking the right outfit for events like high tea or a night out at the theater.
    — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Definition of oversights
Noun
  • These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
  • Information about Spirit’s plans was equally scarce among managements of airports the airline serves.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 May 2026
Definition of managements
Noun
  • This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of supervisions
Noun
  • Bringing sport into daily Parisian life has been an objective across successive city administrations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • If the project seems somewhat convoluted and unnecessarily complex, Dreier has emphasized that’s in part because the US space program has been subject to budget uncertainties and the shifting whims of presidential administrations.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of administrations
Noun
  • Many of the jet owners keep their aircraft for personal use, flying under the FAA’s Part 91 regulations.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The current regulations would be mostly scrapped, leaving providers to only abide by state rules that are often much less stringent or nonexistent.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of regulations
Noun
  • Beijing has appointed its own senior monks, maintained close surveillance and controls on religious expression, and faced allegations of cracking down on peaceful dissent and forcing the large-scale relocation of rural and nomadic Tibetans.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Any information placed on this secondary display had to be available on the regular screen, and any controls available had to be available elsewhere.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • Similarly, leaders of the far-left and far-right parties will be excluded from government, perhaps unsurprisingly, as both parties’ leaderships, including Le Pen if her appeal is successful, are expected to stand against Macron’s would-be centrist successor.
    — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of leaderships
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