1
as in supervises
to be in charge of
superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater
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2
as in oversees
to look after and make decisions about
homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education
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3
as in watches
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 Synonyms for superintends
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Sebastio supervises retail, finance and an in-house team of three designers for product consistency, as the brand was first inspired by his own and his father’s wardrobe.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The assistant chief directly supervises section commanders, providing leadership, mentorship and guidance.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The McClatchy Commerce Content team, which is independent from our newsroom, oversees this content.—
Kevin Cerveny,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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As part of his curatorial brief, Havens oversees the Bibliotheca Fictiva Collection of Literary and Historical Forgery, available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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The group watches as a sock puppet opens up a lemonade stand for business and frolics around a lemon farm before Tomlinson dives into a swimming pool.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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Brandis watches Robbie die while speeding to the emergency room.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Shippers likely won’t be able to make plans to avoid the charges, as Chattogram Port handles more than 92 percent of the total export and import cargo in and out of Bangladesh.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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In August, a lawsuit accused OpenAI of encouraging a teenager’s suicide, intensifying scrutiny around how ChatGPT handles mental health interactions.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Today, Hamas operates without a coherent leadership, a reality its remaining figures seem unwilling to confront.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Airports pick a side TSA owns and operates some of the video monitors at airports which have been added to try to expedite the screening process by displaying reminders and sometimes include DHS messages.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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Whether seen as a necessary application of justice or a politically fraught escalation, the case ensures that the debate over how America manages its most sensitive secrets is far from over.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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But the bigger question is how the industry manages them, and whether lenders are incentivized to prioritize durability over growth for its own sake.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Incidents were also reported at Kelowna International Airport and Victoria International Airport in British Columbia along with Windsor International Airport in Ontario, according to Transport Canada, which regulates airports in the country.—
Martin Goillandeau,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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The ocean regulates our climate, supports global trade, and feeds communities.—
Olivier Wenden,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX conducts many of its own rocket launches, most using the Falcon 9 rocket, from California and Florida.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to SpaceX, Starshield conducts both Earth observation and communications missions.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Superintends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintends. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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