- plural of overseer.
overseers
Example Sentences
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If banks lent out the funds anyway, they would be subject to costly demerits from their overseers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The comedian, who returned to host Monday nights in early 2024 after nearly a decade away, acknowledged recent tensions with the network’s new corporate overseers.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2025
The r/ChangeMyView overseers did not agree with that point and responded by filing an ethics complaint with the university, demanding that the study not be published, and contacting higher-ups with Reddit’s legal team.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025
Because The Truth has no official leader, the BBC instead contacted six of its most senior current officials - known as "overseers" - for comment.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2025
Harpers Ferry is the headquarters of the Appalachian Trail Conference, overseers of the noble footpath to which I had dedicated my summer.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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