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as in supervised
to look after and make decisions about
will oversee the new manufacturing division
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as in handled
to be in charge of
looking for someone to oversee the project from start to finish
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as in watched
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
oversee the household until Dad gets home
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as in examined
to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)
her job was to oversee each and every dish before it left the kitchen and was served to a customer
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Recent Examples of oversaw
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the agency -- which oversaw foreign aid, disaster relief and international development programs -- would no longer be providing assistance to other countries.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 May 2026
The film is told through the eyes of Joel’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him in 1970 and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 May 2026
Former House Speaker Dade Phelan, who oversaw Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023, has endorsed Cornyn.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
Film producer Anne de Mare oversaw the restoration and digitization of the footage used in the doc.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 May 2026
At the center of the stunning reversal is Hill, who oversaw the blockbuster proceedings and was later accused of improperly influencing jurors.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa, who oversaw the record-breaking launch of the Switch 2, now the fastest-selling console in the company’s history, got a nod.
—Martina Di Licosa, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Samples also noted that the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversaw the facility, refused for months to provide public records.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The nonprofit group oversaw a network of food distributors, many of them fraudulent, that stole school nutrition funds by claiming reimbursement for meals supposedly served.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 19 May 2026
The film is told through the eyes of Joel’s first manager, Irwin Mazur, who discovered the singer in 1966, signed him in 1970 and oversaw his career up to his breakthrough deal with Columbia Records in 1972.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 19 May 2026
Former House Speaker Dade Phelan, who oversaw Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023, has endorsed Cornyn.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026
Film producer Anne de Mare oversaw the restoration and digitization of the footage used in the doc.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 May 2026
At the center of the stunning reversal is Hill, who oversaw the blockbuster proceedings and was later accused of improperly influencing jurors.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa, who oversaw the record-breaking launch of the Switch 2, now the fastest-selling console in the company’s history, got a nod.
—Martina Di Licosa, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Samples also noted that the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which oversaw the facility, refused for months to provide public records.
—Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 14 May 2026
The nonprofit group oversaw a network of food distributors, many of them fraudulent, that stole school nutrition funds by claiming reimbursement for meals supposedly served.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversaw
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Some are clinically supervised; others position themselves as complementary to Western medicine rather than a replacement for it.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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In Europe, Clinique La Prairie in Switzerland has become a flagship for the trend, with weeklong programs supervised by more than 50 specialized doctors and a growing audience of guests in their late thirties and forties focused on prevention.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2026
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Every core operation on Liners, from adding a new product to reviewing quality, to pulling in news and handling comparisons, is handled by a team of nine AI agents.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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Videos of the Saturday night melee at a Chipotle in the Navy Yard neighborhood showed youths throwing punches and chairs as patrons watched in fear.—
Steve Thompson,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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He was filmed jumping into the historic fountain while fully clothed as crowds nearby watched.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Defendants’ needs vary, and any diagnosis made by the psychologist who examined Rodriguez-Singh on March 26 has not been made public because the resulting psychiatric evaluation report was filed under seal.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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His most recent drama, Evil Does Not Exist, examined the natural world as besieged by modern industry.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2026
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The animatronic creation adorably stole the spotlight from the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal, as well as other human collaborators like Sigourney Weaver (Colonel Ward) and director Jon Favreau (who managed to score a red carpet photo opportunity with the rising lime-green superstar).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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While Indiana was able to get this one to overtime, the Mystics managed to hang on to win 104-102 despite a late push from the Fever.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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Bryce attended a different school to get his associate degree in information in technology before transferring to UMass Lowell in January 2022, eventually switching to a business major.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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Younis — a Pakistani-American and former COO of Y Combinator who grew up in Detroit and attended the GM Institute (now Kettering University) — and CTO Peter Ludwig are automotive enthusiasts who met while working at Google, clicked, and set out as co-founders of Applied Intuition in 2017.—
Rebecca Fannin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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But the day before the original deadline, internal emails reviewed by Fortune show, his associates were then given their first of many extensions.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
17 May 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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In the rear of the cineplex structure— opened in 2000 and also operated under such brands as Crown and Bow Tie — space would be converted to self-storage.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The investigation, which is being done in the Southern District of Florida, has centered around the 1996 shootdown of planes that were operated by the humanitarian group, Brothers to the Rescue.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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“Oversaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversaw. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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