He was hired to oversee design and construction of the new facility.
will oversee the new manufacturing division
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Emily Warren, a state deputy transportation secretary, emailed the Tesla public-policy staffer and top officials at two other state agencies overseeing autonomous vehicles, citing concern over public misconceptions about Tesla’s Bay Area plans.—Chris Kirkham, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 Oracle would receive a copy of the algorithm and oversee the app’s security operations.—Chris Megerian, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025 When Helling was an undergraduate student in the 1990s at UC San Diego — which oversees the aquarium as the outreach center for the Scripps Institution of Oceanography — the facility was known as the Wayland Vaughan Aquarium-Museum.—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025 These two cities are already home to offices overseeing business in the Americas and the Middle East.—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oversee
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of oversee was
before the 12th century
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