supervise
Example Sentences
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Nix admitted she had given a false account of the events to the coroner, but said she had been "in a panic" over having failed to supervise the little girl.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was on Tenerife to help supervise the evacuations, said that policy "may have risks".
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Tokyo Electron’s Taiwan branch was fined NT$150 million, with the court noting its failure to supervise the former employee.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
After he returned home to South Carolina, Hencely sued Fluor Corp. for negligently failing to supervise Nayeb.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026
I’ve been at the battery factory almost twenty years now, since right after the revolution, and I supervise forty-two women.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing supervise
Power Prefix: super-
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Common Senses: Vid, Vis ("See")
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