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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
Never desert a blaze: Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
With proper management and supervision, most bully dogs get along well with other animals.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Given the interaction with some medicines and supplements, and possible side effects, it is recommended that Mucuna be taken under the supervision of a specialist.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Glamour, 21 July 2025
Tesla maintains that the feature requires driver supervision, and its safety is contested.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 18 July 2025
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Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025
With proper management and supervision, most bully dogs get along well with other animals.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 22 July 2025
Given the interaction with some medicines and supplements, and possible side effects, it is recommended that Mucuna be taken under the supervision of a specialist.
—Alessandra Signorelli, Glamour, 21 July 2025
Tesla maintains that the feature requires driver supervision, and its safety is contested.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supervision
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My experience shows that with careful planning, responsible AI practices and human oversight, agentic AI not only addresses today’s support challenges but also paves the way for entirely new service models.—
Varun Milind Kulkarni,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Arizona passed a law creating an independent oversight office for state prisons.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
21 July 2025
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When evaluating an investment, the firm also hires specialty and general management consultants, expert cost analysts and industry specialists.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
2 Aug. 2025
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Her management at a kids agency had been clueless about what being at the festival would entail.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 Aug. 2025
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Her advice on the seriousness of parental stewardship is never far from my mind.—
Darcey Steinke,
Vogue,
27 July 2025
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According to Seamless, Australia’s national clothing product stewardship scheme, Australians are among the world’s highest consumers of clothing, with the average person buying 53 garments each year.—
Patty Huntington,
Footwear News,
25 July 2025
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The deal also comes after a heated but quiet behind-the-scenes legal dispute between Park County, Paramount Global, and Skydance, which is set to assume control of Paramount in the coming weeks.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
23 July 2025
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As for the factors that are out of your control — the future of the stock market, U.S. trade policy and tax rates, how much money your friends are making — give yourself a little grace.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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Based on the Ethics Committee guidance, the Pennsylvania Republican would have to assign an independent trustee to make financial decisions for him, instead of his current advisers, who Bresnahan said have worked for him for about two decades.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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The report, which includes the paragraph on the Exploration Upper Stage, provides policy guidance and more detailed direction on where NASA should spend its money.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 July 2025
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The restaurant chain's final remaining location in Kyle ceased operations on June 30, marking the end of a 36-year run across Texas and Arizona.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The latter portion of that acquisition involved transferring 80 percent of the operations at the other 41 ports to the consortium.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
28 July 2025
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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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In exchange for help from the league in obtaining loans, a country had to accept the league’s superintendence of its economic affairs.—
Branko Milanovic,
Foreign Affairs,
21 June 2022
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The Evers administration deployed the National Guard to Kenosha the day before unrest erupted and doubled the deployment that day.—
Jessie Opoien,
jsonline.com,
25 July 2025
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The current American administration, though, is the first to reinforce those ambitions, rather than curtail them.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
24 July 2025
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“Supervision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervision. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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