supervise
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Instead, Essayli’s office has maintained that he can prosecute and supervise cases as first assistant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Putin appointed former Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin to supervise the company’s evolution into a wider online-payments system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Managing the risk is possible, Lahav said, but the more capable these systems get, the harder they are to supervise.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Students either catalog recovered artifacts, most of which are ceramics, or "broken pots," as Anderson described them, or supervise excavation trenches.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
When anyone questioned his authority, Bliss claimed that the Garfields asked him to supervise the care.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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The key element is making sure that a physician supervises your visits and is available in person when needed by you or the associate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
In May 2024, she joined the Justice and Safety Division of the county counsel’s office, where she supervises civil litigation and advises county departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
He also supervises the Guardian Council, which has the power to vet electoral candidates and veto parliamentary legislation.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Scott Tomlin from Virginia said his son, who supervises supplies coming aboard the Ford, doesn’t like the food on the carrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026
The woman I am sitting with—the girl who is only a few years older than I am—is a different person than the woman who supervises me every day.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
They had piloted the service with some of those users after securing permits to offer supervised robotaxi rides from London’s transport authority last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Tesla currently offers autonomous rideshare services in six cities across Texas and Florida, as well as supervised trips in the San Francisco Bay Area.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
A roadmap agreed by Hamas on July 30 said that the decommissioning of weapons would be supervised by the International Stabilization Force, the nascent unit that aims to deploy to Gaza if the situation calms.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
When that happened, one of my teachers would tell Miss Pullum—the lady who supervised our school cafeteria—to give me some ice cream.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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A two-time Oscar-winning supervising sound editor, Baker Landers is vice president of California Post Alliance, the group sponsoring the bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The national government has already launched an investigation, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reportedly personally supervising the process.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Meta also uses various signals to determine whether the person supervising a teen account—and thereby able to turn off key restrictions, such as the time limits—is actually the teen’s parent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fire service is urging residents to use fireworks responsibly, including supervising sparklers carefully, and reminding people that fireworks must not be sold to under-18s or set off in public places.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
There was the usual chitchat with the supervising worker, a woman I had not seen before, although this time it had an edgy tone.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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Power Prefix: super-
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