1
as in to supervise
to be in charge of
superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater
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2
as in to oversee
to look after and make decisions about
homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education
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as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today
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Recent Examples of superintend
Online court records say she has been charged with crimes that include failure to superintend and selling alcohol after legal hours.
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Ryan Oehrli
july 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
State law and the City Charter bestow upon the governor the power and duty to superintend the mayor.
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Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
Those of us who watched Yellowstone to the last already know the fate of the ranch and the family who superintended it.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
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Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
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The Editors,
National Review,
6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
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Alan J. Borsuk,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
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IEEE Spectrum,
21 Nov. 2023
Ryan Oehrli
july 29,
Charlotte Observer,
29 July 2025
State law and the City Charter bestow upon the governor the power and duty to superintend the mayor.
—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
23 Feb. 2025
Those of us who watched Yellowstone to the last already know the fate of the ranch and the family who superintended it.
—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2025
The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—
The Editors,
National Review,
6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—
Alan J. Borsuk,
Journal Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintend
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While older children can use sparklers, they should be supervised, Heckman said.
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Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk.
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The judge denied Fischer’s request to appoint and fund a special master to oversee the privilege screen but allowed defense attorneys to review the records themselves instead of prosecutors.
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The first three times were under Socialist Party Prime Minister Felipe González starting in 1986, but conservative leader José Maria Aznar’s government also oversaw two such measures in the 2000s.
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San Clemente, San Juan Hills, Huntington Beach, Downey and Carson are the teams to watch.
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Viewers can watch on ABC, ABC News Live, the ESPN App, Freeform, FX and National Geographic.
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About 55% of injuries happen to people actively handling fireworks, and nearly a quarter of the injuries are to bystanders.
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Key indicators include how teams handle uncertainty, genuinely challenge each other, learn from failures, and base decisions on current realities.
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The situation is pressing, but Coleman still manages to make a connection.
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The platform has consistently managed volume over $1 billion daily since the soccer tournament began on June 11.
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Luis Mauricio Flores Ordonez, 33, was charged with owning an unregistered aircraft that was operated by another person.
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Roy Gillian began operating the business as Gillian’s Wonderland Pier in 1965.
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The clinical version dates to research in the 1960s and 1970s, when devices tracked heart rate variability, muscle tension and skin temperature to help people regulate what was once considered automatic.
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The chronic disease, which impairs the body’s ability to properly regulate blood sugar, contributed to 94,445 deaths that year.
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Veterinarians conducting preliminary examinations determined many of the dogs died from gunshot wounds, according to Honsal.
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The long-term health effects of the fire and its smoke probably won’t be known unless researchers conduct a follow-up study, said Eisenman of UCLA.
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“Superintend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superintend. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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