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Recent Examples of superintendency Boston had for a long time stood apart from many urban districts nationwide for its steady leadership, beginning with the 11-year superintendency of Thomas Payzant in 1995 and then continuing for another six years with Carol R. Johnson (with an interim leader between the two). BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2014 So what’s lost by this gender imbalance in the district superintendency? Vicki Phillips, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023 The last time the district embarked on a national search for a new leader was in 2011, when Hinojosa resigned to take another superintendency in Cobb County, an Atlanta suburb. Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2022 The Plano superintendency, however, is seen by many in education circles as a particularly challenging job, as the district transitions from a high-performing, fast-growth community to an aging suburb, with higher levels of poverty. Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2022 See All Example Sentences for superintendency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendency
Noun
  • Under the devoted stewardship of generations of visionary winemakers, Rioja has become one of the world’s top five wine regions alongside Bordeaux, Burgundy, Napa Valley, and Tuscany.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
  • Under his stewardship, the Smithsonian has done what America must continue to do—confront the contradictions in our founding, illuminate the fault lines in our systems, and still hold space for grace, for grit, for growth, for greatness.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Indeed, many do function as autonomous sets of creative teams, with little formal management to hinder their progress.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Which is already more than can be said for Rockies management right about now.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • The crew is under the supervision of the capable Mensah (Noma Dumezweni) who is prone to panic attacks as the group visits an irritable planet at the behest of The Corporation — a powerful business conglomerate where profit is indeed king.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
  • The festival’s talent lab, now to be known as the BRAVO Film Lab, which mentors young Brazilian filmmakers, remains under the supervision of Talize Sayegh.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Further blurring the picture: the Trump administration announced a 90-day pause on the highest import fees for dozens of countries in early April and a similar truce with China on Monday that allows the two sides negotiate further.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 14 May 2025
  • Conflict-of-interest concerns swirled ahead of Trump’s visit, particularly surrounding Trump’s family business ventures in the region and, more recently, the expected announcement that Qatar will gift the Trump administration a new 747 mega-jet.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • The only real way to exercise oversight and have a voice would be through the ranking memberships on important committees, particularly the House Oversight, Judiciary, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce Committees.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 11 May 2025
  • And thanks to what many consider to be a loophole in the 2018 farm bill, THC beverage makers have been able to rapidly launch their products across the country with little oversight.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • During one surveillance operation in February 2024, authorities conducted a stop on a Nissan Maxima Christian was in while it was parked outside a bank.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
  • On a remote asteroid mining operation, a grieving Mechanist gets a new companion and has a chance to avenge herself against the Shaper assassin who killed her husband.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Their huge fortunes are the legitimate wages of superintendence; in the struggle for existence, money is the token of success.
    Jeffery Vacante, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2025
  • In exchange for help from the league in obtaining loans, a country had to accept the league’s superintendence of its economic affairs.
    Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 21 June 2022
Noun
  • By pinpointing high-privilege users and monitoring data-sharing behaviors, Reco assists CISOs in implementing stricter access controls.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • This underscores that communication in abusive relationships can escalate the situation, particularly when the core issue is power and control, not miscommunication.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025

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“Superintendency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintendency. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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