1
as in overseeing
to be in charge of
for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman
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2
as in managing
to look after and make decisions about
supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp
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as in watching
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital
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Recent Examples of supervising
Griswold's office is responsible for supervising Colorado's elections and maintaining the statewide file of voter registrations.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Leaders increasingly must learn how to orchestrate systems rather than simply manage processes—from supervising individual workflows to coordinating intelligent networks, and from controlling static operations to adapting continuously evolving environments.
—Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Jodi Cleesattle, a supervising deputy attorney general for the Attorney General’s Office, is running to be a San Diego Superior Court judge.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Our Rescue provided resources to help pay for software to search suspects’ computers and cellphones, according to Liam Doyle, supervising investigator with the district attorney’s office.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Tedros and Spain's health and interior ministers are supervising the operation in Tenerife.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2026
Smith was the sergeant supervising the real investigation.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Tedros and Spain’s health and interior ministers are supervising the operation in Tenerife.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
At the end of April, a statement attributed to Khamenei indicated Iran would create the mechanism to supervising traffic at the waterway.
—Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 16 May 2026
Leaders increasingly must learn how to orchestrate systems rather than simply manage processes—from supervising individual workflows to coordinating intelligent networks, and from controlling static operations to adapting continuously evolving environments.
—Mira Tzur, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Jodi Cleesattle, a supervising deputy attorney general for the Attorney General’s Office, is running to be a San Diego Superior Court judge.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2026
Our Rescue provided resources to help pay for software to search suspects’ computers and cellphones, according to Liam Doyle, supervising investigator with the district attorney’s office.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Tedros and Spain's health and interior ministers are supervising the operation in Tenerife.
—Arkansas Online, 11 May 2026
Smith was the sergeant supervising the real investigation.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Tedros and Spain’s health and interior ministers are supervising the operation in Tenerife.
—Iain Sullivan, Fortune, 10 May 2026
At the end of April, a statement attributed to Khamenei indicated Iran would create the mechanism to supervising traffic at the waterway.
—Eleni Giokos, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervising
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The coverage also explored questions about leadership response, transparency and whether warning signs or complaints were properly addressed by officials overseeing the program.—
Bridget Byrne,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
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While Kushner is already in Fort Worth, the other four plan to finish out the school year in Broward and then move to Texas to serve as executive directors overseeing principals.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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Your co-parent is managing treatment, uncertainty and the very real fear of how this will affect his relationship with his daughter.—
Jann Blackstone,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Researchers around the world continue to face difficulties in managing millions of qubits reliably, leading many companies and laboratories to prioritize more achievable near-term applications using systems built with dozens or hundreds of qubits instead of massive large-scale architectures.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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Bowles loves watching people exit the arena with their empty Twigs.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Russians watching the parade from farther away would also have noticed some differences.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Protagonist Pictures is handling sales.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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The union is reportedly demanding that Samsung allocate 15% of its operating profit to workers as performance bonuses, scrap caps on bonus payouts, and formalize the bonus structure.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Iran’s Oil Terminals Company said on Sunday inspections had found no evidence of leaks from storage tanks, pipelines, loading facilities or tankers operating near the island.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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Rice University’s Kinder Institute studied 12 cohorts at Houston ISD from 2007 to 2019 and found that students attending the district’s Las Americas school, a specialized campus serving immigrants and refugee students in grades 4-8, had exceptionally higher end-of-year English course exam results.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 May 2026
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The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism & Aviation Visitors attending the festival can also take the opportunity to explore Eleuthera, which has more than 120 beaches with powdery sands and crystal-clear turquoise waters.—
Taryn White,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Leaders increasingly must learn how to orchestrate systems rather than simply manage processes—from supervising individual workflows to coordinating intelligent networks, and from controlling static operations to adapting continuously evolving environments.—
Mira Tzur,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Not ideal if there are non-human entities roaming around controlling whatever is up in the sky.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Makary, a surgical oncologist known for criticizing the government’s handling of the Covid pandemic, served as head of the agency responsible for regulating food, drugs and medical devices for more than a year.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
12 May 2026
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All this while the federal government’s main tool for regulating medical software, the Food and Drug Administration’s device-approval process, is structurally unfit for regulating autonomous clinical AI.—
Alon Bergman,
STAT,
11 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Supervising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervising. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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