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overseeing

ADJECTIVE
governing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
administrative dominant guiding ruling
STRONG
absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive mastering ordering restraining superintending
WEAK
authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inferior subordinate
WEAK
powerless tributary
ADJECTIVE
managing
Synonyms
STRONG
administering admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising
Antonyms
STRONG
subordinate
NOUN
administration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule
STRONG
application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance
WEAK
administering directing
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

Example Sentences

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Border Force official, who worked overseeing immigration and customs controls at Heathrow airport, guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

In addition to the Musk v Altman case, she is overseeing a multi-district litigation, in which social media addiction lawsuits brought by school districts and states against Meta, Snap, TikTok and Google have been consolidated.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Among them were the first female commandant of the Coast Guard, the head of the Army’s Chaplain Corps, and a four-star general overseeing the Army’s Transformation and Training Command.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Barri Worth Girvan: She has been the district director for Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath for the last three years, overseeing constituent services in the Valley and on the Westside.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Meanwhile, Matilde is overseeing the arrangement of balloons and flowers.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau