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as in stewardships
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 managements
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 supervisions
This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.
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Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervisions
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Increasingly, managements at the gleaming apartment complexes that have been built in the past few years are offering deals or discounts to prospective tenants, a practice that wasn’t happening back when the mega-wave of new apartment construction hit Connecticut after the pandemic.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
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In such a scenario, IPOs offer a better play for the Indian markets as managements and bankers price the issue attractively, drawing significant investor interest, experts told CNBC.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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Don’t let temporary doubts stop you from having a good time, but try to balance that with attention to any potential oversights.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2026
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According to the team, identifying risks early can prevent small oversights from becoming serious problems later.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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Instead of the hours-long operations seen at Bro-Tex and Rose Avenue, convoys of agents would swoop in, make an arrest and often be gone in minutes.—
Nick Woltman,
Twin Cities,
22 Feb. 2026
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Rescuers located five additional victims that night, but worsening weather and avalanche danger forced crews to suspend recovery operations until mitigation efforts could be completed.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Current laws and regulations do not properly account for advancements in AI, the company also said.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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All four companies have taken steps to improve safety, including by introducing parental controls tools, adding privacy settings for young users, increasing content restrictions and offering options to limit notifications or time spent scrolling.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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Both iPhones and Android devices have onboard controls to help regulate screen time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Columbia residential staff members were instructed, in non-emergency situations, not to allow any law enforcement entry into its buildings without Columbia Public Safety present and guidance from the Office of the General Counsel.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
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With this guidance in mind, Bentley shares flattering hues to consider for each home season when playing with color cosmetics like lipstick and blush.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
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Follow the directions of local authorities and in case of emergency, call 911.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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As Luna in your financial quadrant pokes the Sun in your friendship zone, money boundaries and group expectations likely tug in different directions.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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The legal stance has drawn fire from former officials of the EEOC and the Labor Department who served in several presidential administrations and formed a group called EEO Leaders.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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However, some speakers said that current ICE leadership can’t be compared with those under previous administrations.—
Stacy Brandt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Supervisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervisions. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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