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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. 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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  • Some genres may be extremely violent and gory, so parents may want to consider supervising their children's viewing of films or avoid them altogether.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement Concerns about damage to parks Former park officials and advocates have expressed fear that protected land will be damaged by visitors if sites are left partially open while thousands of workers are furloughed or fired, and therefore absent from supervising lands.
    Connor Greene, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • Now, Stern, who co-founded Apple Fitness+ and previously oversaw Ford's subscription services, aims to upgrade Peloton's products in an effort to match its wide range of class types with its hardware.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Major League Soccer is promoting Charles Altchek, considered by many to be a potential future commissioner, to oversee the group that aids clubs in their business efforts.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The desert sprawls into the Mexican state of Sonora and on distant peaks, the sheriff’s deputies say, cartel scouts sit with binoculars watching their every move.
    Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Still, some industry critics have said Peloton's equipment isn't appropriate for gym settings because the machines can't handle higher frequency use, which prompted the company to create a more durable lineup.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Democrats say health care protections must be preserved, while Republicans say that funding and policy should be handled separately.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • At PortMiami on Thursday, several travelers express frustration over how the outbreak was managed by the cruise line.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • How does a century-old industrial company such as Firmenich (renamed DSM-Firmenich following its 2023 merger with Dutch chemical firm DSM) manage to remain globally competitive today, given that a large share of its cost base is in the most expensive country in the world?
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
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  • The program, which offers $1,500 mid-pregnancy cash assistance and then $500 a month up to a year of the baby's life, already operates in 11 communities around Michigan.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Why was TikTok’s operating license suspended?
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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  • This neurocosmetic innovation, inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research on touch receptors, works by activating sensory pathways in the skin to trigger the release of mood-regulating biomarkers, establishing a continuous feedback loop between skin repair and emotional balance.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Congress has resisted legislative attempts to regulate the technology, and federal agencies have contracted with Meta and OpenAI to use their AI models.
    Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • The research, conducted without her knowledge, was commissioned by a potential political rival, according to the person who carried out the opposition research, who asked for anonymity because the poll was a private survey.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The ride system manufacturer and an independent, third-party roller coaster engineering expert conducted their own on-site testing of the vehicle.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Superintend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintend. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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