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oversee

[oh-ver-see] / ˌoʊ vərˈsi /


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Raman has said in campaign materials she would expand the mayor’s community safety office to oversee unarmed crisis response programs as well as other city agencies such as sanitation, fire and transportation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The fifth plenum comes ahead of a major party congress next year, where 73-year-old Xi is almost certain to secure a historic fourth term and oversee a leadership reshuffle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The mayor's vision needed a body to oversee the transformation and to create a cultural and retail destination, they argue.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

At the Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Ga., which opened in the 1970s, executive director Steven Freund helped to oversee a $26 million overhaul.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Burres, as one of the vendors, had set up some folding tables displaying cheap, mostly secondhand goods for sale, and McCandless volunteered to oversee her large inventory of used paperback books.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

In January 2025, the Postal Regulatory Commission, which oversees the Postal Service, warned that moving forward with the plan would be disruptive to rural communities and might not save as much money as expected.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

The Air Force, which oversees military working dog training for the Pentagon, declined to comment on the new company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

It routinely oversees accounting standards at bigger institutions such as listed public companies, but not football clubs.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Sometimes he waits tables, other times he oversees the orders in the kitchen.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

He spent five years at Brown's Treasury where he oversaw policies such as the child trust funds and attempts to regenerate and devolve power - the Regional Development Agencies, later scrapped by the coalition government.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The company also recently replaced chief content officer Bela Bajaria, who oversaw popular shows including "Stranger Things," "Bridgerton," and "Squid Game," in addition to pushing the company's live entertainment strategy, according to CNBC.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

D’Ornano oversaw product research, helping to compose some of Sisley’s most iconic skin-care creams and scents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The Spaniard oversaw the Reds' first away league win after conceding first since December 2023, ending a run of 19 winless away games when going 1-0 behind.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

He helped Federal Express develop its package tracking and tracing system, then moved over to McCaw Cellular, the mobile phone company, built that up, and oversaw its merger with AT&T in 1994.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has overseen what human rights groups say is an unprecedented crackdown on dissent since he led the military's overthrow of his predecessor, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, in 2013.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The response also suffered because of the fragmented nature of the system, with thousands of different providers and services overseen by councils.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Cremo, who has overseen "Bardo" since it was commissioned eight years ago, spoke with AFP from Warsaw on the eve of the premiere of "Mothers of Kherson," which the Met commissioned in 2023.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Metrolink is operated by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, overseen by members from multiple transit authorities including those of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

And thus the prisoners, including Zeitoun, were overseen by the Department of Homeland Security.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Marie Antoinette was out of her depth from the moment she set foot in France from Austria, entrusted with overseeing war and peace, money and poverty.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

One cousin might spend a career building the family business while the others simply collect dividends; one might live near the family beach house and end up overseeing every repair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

At the time the 1736 FCC paid for these additional benefits, Adelkoff was already earning one of the highest base salaries among nonprofit executives overseeing homelessness programs in the L.A. area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Zuckerberg subsequently made Wang the company's chief AI officer overseeing its newly formed division called Superintelligence Labs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

In the main, I tried to convey to him some of the 'know-how', as he put it, involved in overseeing large events of the sort we used often to have.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro


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