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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
Assignments may become progressively more complex and are to be performed independently with less supervision.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
The book builds on the argument of this article, particularly the idea that the restriction of in-person socializing is partially due to parents keeping their children in close supervision.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 3 Jan. 2026
Never plunge alone or in open water without supervision.
—Sara Braun, Kansas City Star, 30 Dec. 2025
She was sentenced to one year in prison and five years of extended supervision.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 5, Sacbee.com, 5 Jan. 2026
The book builds on the argument of this article, particularly the idea that the restriction of in-person socializing is partially due to parents keeping their children in close supervision.
—Katie Grant, Parents, 3 Jan. 2026
Never plunge alone or in open water without supervision.
—Sara Braun, Kansas City Star, 30 Dec. 2025
She was sentenced to one year in prison and five years of extended supervision.
—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervision
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Each application will be reviewed individually, giving regulators greater flexibility while retaining tight oversight.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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That does not mean regulators should let businesses operate without oversight.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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McCluskey described it as one leg of a three-legged stool, the others being real estate development and property management.—
Kff Health News,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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The nonprofit developer has a 96% housing retention rate and 96% participation rate for services across its permanent supportive housing portfolio, according to Carlos Rodriguez, management analyst for the Housing and Homeless Services Department.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Jan. 2026
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Finally, practice accuracy as a form of stewardship.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Jan. 2026
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But under his stewardship, California has struggled with major challenges, including multibillion-dollar deficit, a deepening affordability crisis, and some of the highest gas and electricity costs in the country.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Jan. 2026
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For many women, selling Avon was their first opportunity to earn and control income, even if earnings were modest.—
Paula de la Cruz,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That means American users’ experience on the app is unlikely to change in a visible way, although the algorithm that determines what videos are served to their feeds could shift as the new ownership group takes control.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
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The experiment is that AI is being made available nationally and globally, which is either overtly or insidiously acting to provide mental health guidance of one kind or another.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Intel offers soft first-quarter guidance.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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The city also has an online tool that provides real-time GPS tracking of snow plowing and road salting operations during winter storms.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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However, as the world reopened and gyms returned to normal operations, Peloton’s growth engines began to falter.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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While speaking in Toledo, Vance largely reiterated the administration’s points that acquiring Greenland would boost American national security interests and its critical minerals supply chain.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Jan. 2026
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However, Vance told the Washington Examiner in an interview published Thursday that when appropriate, the administration might take disciplinary action against ICE agents.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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