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as in oversight
the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control
one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club
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as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something
one of the senior editors took over supervision of the project while the editor-in-chief was on maternity leave
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Recent Examples of supervision
Production is set to begin in autumn 2026, with Argento overseeing artistic supervision of the project.
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Ed Meza, Variety, 22 May 2026
These courts are designed to address the underlying challenges many veterans face, including trauma, addiction, and mental health struggles connected to their service, while maintaining accountability through structured supervision and judicial oversight.
—Roberta Combs, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
The legislation requires minors under 16 to link their social media accounts to a legal guardian to ensure supervision and prohibits platforms from using addictive features such as infinite scroll and the automatic play of videos.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Unlike earlier waves of computing infrastructure focused primarily on chatbot systems, Alibaba’s latest hardware strategy centers on autonomous software agents capable of carrying out extended, multi-step operations with limited supervision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
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Ed Meza, Variety, 22 May 2026
These courts are designed to address the underlying challenges many veterans face, including trauma, addiction, and mental health struggles connected to their service, while maintaining accountability through structured supervision and judicial oversight.
—Roberta Combs, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
The legislation requires minors under 16 to link their social media accounts to a legal guardian to ensure supervision and prohibits platforms from using addictive features such as infinite scroll and the automatic play of videos.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Unlike earlier waves of computing infrastructure focused primarily on chatbot systems, Alibaba’s latest hardware strategy centers on autonomous software agents capable of carrying out extended, multi-step operations with limited supervision.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervision
Noun
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Pin down the medical oversight.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2026
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That role gave him oversight over launches from Florida, but also from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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That means repairing seawalls and bolstering shorelines, restoring wetlands, improving stormwater management and drainage, ensuring clean lakes, hardening infrastructure, and keeping homes and roadways out of the water.—
Anna V. Eskamani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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This includes the cost of acquiring lands, construction costs, preconstruction engineering and design, construction management and contingencies, according to the plan.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
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The more our voices are raised and registered, the stronger our message urging Congress to listen to the people who want protection and stewardship, not short-term exploitation of our public land.—
Scott Braden,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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The food and drink Under the stewardship of Richard Bias, eating is an event.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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To take an example that would be potentially devastating to the Republicans, imagine that the Democrats took full control of the state government in Georgia.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Private equity companies would be banned from investing in youth sports teams, leagues, facilities and events under a new federal bill, a move lawmakers say would lower participation costs for families and restore control of a public good to local communities.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The attorney general of New Jersey, one of the 13 original states, recently had to offer guidance when a new law targeting ghost guns seemed to require all firearms — including antiques and even air guns — to have serial numbers.—
Allen G. Breed,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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According to the modeling studies performed by the DoW, the first-generation hypersonic boost-glide missiles that are being developed will experience temperatures below the threshold for plasma formation easing in-flight data connectivity and terminal guidance.—
adityajadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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They were given sixty days to cease operations and withdraw all international staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Noun
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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
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The era of progressive superintendence ironically began with the spread of disinformation, Buzzfeed’s release of the infamous Trump dossier.—
The Editors,
National Review,
31 Oct. 2022
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And so rivals again assailed Becerra’s performance as state attorney general and Health and Human Services secretary in the Biden administration.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Andrade is used to clashing with the DeSantis administration.—
Gray Rohrer,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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