SUPERINTENDENCY Synonyms: 57 Similar Words

superintendency

noun

ˌsü-p(ə-)rin-ˈten-dən(t)-sē

Definition of superintendency

as in stewardship

the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control superintendency of the polling places is largely carried out by retired citizens

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as in management

the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something currently a faculty member is needed for superintendency of the program

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Recent Examples of superintendency The superintendency for the largest suburban school district in southwest Ohio became vacant in January 2023, after former superintendent Matt Miller said a board member bullied him out of his position. — Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024 Vito Perrone was the first to be offered the superintendency. — Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023 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 See All Example Sentences for superintendency

Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintendency

Noun

Under Kennedy’s stewardship, the HHS inverted the traditional food pyramid which placed grains at the bottom (most consumed) and fats and oils at the top (least consumed).

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
Through a transparent and accountable supply chain, brands can strengthen consumer trust, assured that their cotton is sourced from a program committed to continuous environmental stewardship and verifiable accountability.

— SJ Studio, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Definition of stewardship

Noun

The banks maintain that their contracts give them broad authority to end customer relationships and that decisions may be driven by regulatory and risk-management obligations.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
According to officials, the program began in 2001 with NDOW’s first Karelian bear dog, Stryker, making the agency one of the first in North America to use the breed for bear management.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of management

Noun

Control or supervision over the chokepoint has become just as much a red line for Tehran as the right to nuclear enrichment.

— Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Plenty of building still belongs to specialists, including complex systems, security-sensitive applications, and anything going to customers without supervision.

— Will Drover, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervision

Noun

As more and more produce for American markets has been grown overseas in recent decades, the US government has largely outsourced safety oversight to the companies farming and selling it.

— Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The piece urges critical inquiry into such claims, emphasizing that human oversight, not AI's inherent deviousness, can be a sizable contributor.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of oversight

Noun

Kansas plans on hiring Sam Strantz, senior team counsel for the NBA’s Houston Rockets, as the Jayhawks athletic department’s new executive director of front office strategy and operations, ESPN reported Friday.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
The plan to consolidate FIFA’s commercial and event operations into a new commercial subsidiary valued at $20 billion is off the table, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of operation

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
We were told that Russia used these companies to hack the brains of suggestible yokels, and that only wise superintendence of social-media conversation by progressives could save the world from fascism.

— The Editors, National Review, 31 Oct. 2022

Definition of superintendence

Noun

Ceuta’s residents recalled a similar but smaller migration crisis in 2021, when the Moroccan government dropped its border controls and let several thousand people from Morocco and sub-Saharan countries into Ceuta over two days.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
The competitive edge is shifting from raw model intelligence to efficient operations, specialized data, and infrastructure control.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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