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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
Queens University News Service stories are prepared by students in the James L. Knight School of Communication with supervision and editing from faculty and staff.
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Arianna Albano, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Skin bleaching is safest when it’s done under a dermatologist's supervision.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 6 July 2025
Miami’s preservation laws require developers building in archaeological zones that cover much of Brickell and downtown to conduct careful excavations under city supervision and submit public reports before getting clearance to build.
—Andres Viglucci
july 4, Miami Herald, 4 July 2025
Digital Nomads Cultivate Self-Reliance That Drives Performance Working without direct supervision requires a high level of discipline.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Arianna Albano, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Skin bleaching is safest when it’s done under a dermatologist's supervision.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 6 July 2025
Miami’s preservation laws require developers building in archaeological zones that cover much of Brickell and downtown to conduct careful excavations under city supervision and submit public reports before getting clearance to build.
—Andres Viglucci
july 4, Miami Herald, 4 July 2025
Digital Nomads Cultivate Self-Reliance That Drives Performance Working without direct supervision requires a high level of discipline.
—Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervision
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My experience shows that with careful planning, responsible AI practices and human oversight, agentic AI not only addresses today’s support challenges but also paves the way for entirely new service models.—
Varun Milind Kulkarni,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Arizona passed a law creating an independent oversight office for state prisons.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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The roof began going green in 2010, when the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority and property management company Hines started replacing crumbling portions with sedum in the name of sustainability.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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The instructor had been discussing the concept of dynamic equilibrium in river management, which holds that healthy rivers with free meander patterns can achieve the right balance of sediment transport and riverbed stability to keep them from turning destructive.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Clear desk enforcement helped the firm reduce data exposure and created a culture of information stewardship.—
Bojan Ilic,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Tad underscores the importance of treating water stewardship as a generational responsibility — pointing out that lakes can degrade over time if not carefully managed.—
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arkansasonline.com,
11 July 2025
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Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.—
Oli Gamp,
New York Times,
23 July 2025
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The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
23 July 2025
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The report, which includes the paragraph on the Exploration Upper Stage, provides policy guidance and more detailed direction on where NASA should spend its money.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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Based on the Ethics Committee guidance, the Pennsylvania Republican would have to assign an independent trustee to make financial decisions for him, instead of his current advisers, who Bresnahan said have worked for him for about two decades.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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The new group is expected to retain at least some of the Rays’ upper management team as well as the core of the baseball operations department.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 July 2025
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Frost also questioned the legality of the facility, asserting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is directing operations despite claims that the site is state-run.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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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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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
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The Evers administration deployed the National Guard to Kenosha the day before unrest erupted and doubled the deployment that day.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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But the Lamont administration has acknowledged a need to mend fences after the vetoes of the housing bill and a measure that would have provided jobless benefits for strikers, both priorities of various elements of the Democratic coalition and its party’s legislative leaders.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
24 July 2025
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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