1
as in operations
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
under her lax superintendence the company eventually went bankrupt
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2
as in stewardships
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
the superintendence of the local music festival is handled jointly by the city and the county
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendences
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Instead of the hours-long operations seen at Bro-Tex and Rose Avenue, convoys of agents would swoop in, make an arrest and often be gone in minutes.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026 -
Rescuers located five additional victims that night, but worsening weather and avalanche danger forced crews to suspend recovery operations until mitigation efforts could be completed.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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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
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According to the team, identifying risks early can prevent small oversights from becoming serious problems later.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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All four companies have taken steps to improve safety, including by introducing parental controls tools, adding privacy settings for young users, increasing content restrictions and offering options to limit notifications or time spent scrolling.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Both iPhones and Android devices have onboard controls to help regulate screen time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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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
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Officials are also trying to make sure that the electronic logging devices drivers use are accurate, and that states are following all the regulations to ensure drivers are qualified to get commercial licenses.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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High tariffs and federal regulations currently prevent BYD from selling its passenger cars in the United States.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Follow the directions of local authorities and in case of emergency, call 911.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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As Luna in your financial quadrant pokes the Sun in your friendship zone, money boundaries and group expectations likely tug in different directions.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the end, Bird pleaded guilty to lesser charges and was sentenced in 2016 on five counts stemming from that September 2014 incident.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
24 Feb. 2026
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The sheriff's office said she was taken into custody on several warrants for trafficking cocaine, trafficking fentanyl, trafficking hydrocodone, and cocaine sales as well as several charges of drug possession and drug paraphernalia possession, among other charges.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Superintendences.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintendences. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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