Examples of oversee in a Sentence
He was hired to oversee design and construction of the new facility.
will oversee the new manufacturing division
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The administration also scrambled to rescind firings of hundreds of employees at an agency that oversees the nation's arsenal of nuclear weapons.
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
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While the IT department may oversee the company’s response plan, the IRP is far too critical to be the sole responsibility of one team.
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In 1986, Butler was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners overseeing the city of Chicago, spending two terms in that role before ascending to Cook County Board Commissioner in 1994.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
For example, the plan instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to come up with at least $880 billion in cuts — more than half of the reductions laid out in the budget outline.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
To Be Effective, IRPs Need Executive Sponsorship And Support
While the IT department may oversee the company’s response plan, the IRP is far too critical to be the sole responsibility of one team.
—Ilia Sotnikov, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
In 1986, Butler was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners overseeing the city of Chicago, spending two terms in that role before ascending to Cook County Board Commissioner in 1994.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2025
For example, the plan instructs the Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees Medicaid, to come up with at least $880 billion in cuts — more than half of the reductions laid out in the budget outline.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Oversee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversee. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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over·see
ˌō-vər-ˈsē 
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