overseeing

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governing adj.
managing adj.
administration n.

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

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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

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overseeing

The CMS is overseeing more than 800,000 cases in England, Scotland and Wales, involving more than a million children.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

A former director at the Southern Poverty Law Center was arrested for allegedly overseeing secret payments to informants from white supremacist groups, federal authorities said Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

Infantino had looked certain to be unopposed for a fourth term after overseeing a successful World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada until his plans were revealed.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Pricing disputes have delayed or terminated many secondary private-credit transactions in recent months because some firms are unable to reconcile disparate numbers, according to executives overseeing similar secondary deals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

He is the carpenter overseeing the building of the palisades.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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