1
as in to oversee
to be in charge of
for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman
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as in to manage
to look after and make decisions about
supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp
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as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital
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Recent Examples of supervise
The work is constant, according to Courtney Coffey Siegert, a Texas State University postdoctoral scholar and an Operation ID team leader who supervises the field work.
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Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Our production designer was in another country, just building away to his heart’s content, and nobody was there supervising.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
District attorney investigators covertly intercepted eight deliveries of garbage compactors from the three county hospitals starting in November 2023, Bud Porter, a supervising deputy district attorney, told The Times in an interview Thursday.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Thousands of Lebanese military and United Nations peacekeepers would be deployed in the south, while an international commission led by the United States would supervise all parties' compliance.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Valerie Castro, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Our production designer was in another country, just building away to his heart’s content, and nobody was there supervising.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
District attorney investigators covertly intercepted eight deliveries of garbage compactors from the three county hospitals starting in November 2023, Bud Porter, a supervising deputy district attorney, told The Times in an interview Thursday.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Thousands of Lebanese military and United Nations peacekeepers would be deployed in the south, while an international commission led by the United States would supervise all parties' compliance.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Whoever Johnson hires as the Jets general manager will help oversee their coaching search after the team fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 after a 2-3 start.Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Unions typically win representation of workers by filing to hold elections overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.Chris Isidore, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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But each of these fears can be acknowledged and managed.Cepee Tabibian, Contributor, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here.Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024
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Small changes to Pentagon procurement and climate policy are worth watching.Nick Sobczyk, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Growing up, my sister and I used to lay on the floor with our heads tucked together and watch this scene over and over.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Cook County state’s attorney’s office handled the largest number of the 35 eligible criminal cases involving health care workers since early 2019, with 11 workers eventually facing IDFPR discipline.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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To ensure 100% customer satisfaction, train your customer service team on how to handle common BFCM inquiries and issues around shipping, returns and inquiries.Karan Sharma, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Intelligence investigations operate in a more nebulous realm.Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Combined, the two companies would have employed more than 710,000 workers and operate nearly 5,000 stores, almost 4,000 pharmacies and over 2,000 fuel centers nationwide.Richard Collings, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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The school choice program allows Connecticut families with students entering preschool through 12th grade to apply to attend several different types of public schools in the Greater Hartford region.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024
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More than 200 users have expressed interest in attending the protest on Facebook, while countless users have commented support for the students, parents and teachers affected.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Similarly, Justice Elena Kagan questioned the practicality of assessing the environmental effects that an agency cannot regulate.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Dec. 2024
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This hormone is produced by the pineal gland in the brain and regulates sleep and wakefulness and tends to increase in the winter due to the lack of sunlight.Sherri Gordon, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
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Time in fiction works in a similar way—except that in books, the writer alone controls the organizational system, measuring out time through sentences, paragraphs, and chapters, and moving it in service to the plot.Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Somewhere along the way, our iPhones and Android devices became our command centers, capable of summoning rides, controlling our homes, and delivering a world of goods to our doorsteps.Dean DeBiase, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Supervise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supervise. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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