1
as in to supervise
to be in charge of
superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater
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2
as in to oversee
to look after and make decisions about
homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education
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as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today
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Recent Examples of superintend
Online court records say she has been charged with crimes that include failure to superintend and selling alcohol after legal hours.
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Ryan Oehrli
july 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
State law and the City Charter bestow upon the governor the power and duty to superintend the mayor.
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Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
Those of us who watched Yellowstone to the last already know the fate of the ranch and the family who superintended it.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
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Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
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The Editors,
National Review,
6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
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Alan J. Borsuk,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
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IEEE Spectrum,
21 Nov. 2023
Ryan Oehrli
july 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
State law and the City Charter bestow upon the governor the power and duty to superintend the mayor.
—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
Those of us who watched Yellowstone to the last already know the fate of the ranch and the family who superintended it.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—
The Editors,
National Review,
6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—
Alan J. Borsuk,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintend
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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Judge Stacy Street sentenced Beckwith to three years supervised probation, the court clerk confirmed to USA TODAY.
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After a 1980s split with Fidel Castro cost him the Interior Ministry, Valdés returned to power in the 2000s, overseeing telecommunications, serving as vice president and helping recover Che Guevara’s remains.
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The advisory board is overseen by the Eastern Connecticut Conservation District, a nonprofit formed to protect natural resources and promoting sustainable land use in Windham, New London and Tolland counties.
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Despite the heat on Friday afternoon, a large crowd gathered at Bayfront Park to watch Team USA face off in its second match of the FIFA World Cup.
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Debating the ‘Suez moment’ As the two sides enter into the next phase of negotiation, observers are watching closely for what exactly the US gained from a conflict that took a heavy global economic toll.
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Bosch, the German engineering firm, says its British subsidiary now handles 10,000 import transactions per year, a stunning increase from just 40 annually prior to Brexit.
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According to the developers, the AI agent will create itineraries, handle arrangements, and try to anticipate what guests need.
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Both Ghana and England will walk away with a point after Ghana managed to hold off England in a heart-pounding final few minutes of stoppage time.
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Most of the site sits on private land, with a smaller portion managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
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The Aman Beverly Hills, currently under construction and expected to open in 2028, will supposedly not only include a full luxe floor for plastic surgery recovery but actual operating rooms, a private garden just for patients and surgeons on call.
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Every day horse carriages are operating in the park is a day the safety of New Yorkers is in jeopardy.
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State lawmakers have stepped back from earlier, wider-ranging attempts to regulate AI that were vetoed or otherwise derailed by governors who viewed the measures as too onerous toward the industry’s development, including efforts to hold developers accountable for bias in AI systems.
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The candidates in the crowded field have traded barbs about Bores’ supposed ties to Big Tech and outside groups have poured millions into the race both supporting and opposing his proposals to regulate artificial intelligence.
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No homes had been lost, and Utah Fire Info, a multiagency operation, said in a post on X that firefighters conducted a successful back-burn operation to protect the town.
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The artwork, the name of which has not been revealed, was stumbled on by police during a search conducted in the Île-de-France region.
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“Superintend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintend. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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