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overseers

NOUN
person who supervises others' work
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But it acts all-powerful, seeming to know more about outer-space tech than its overseers at the Department of Defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The BBC reached out to multiple church overseers for comment, but did not get a response.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

A striking convergence of events this week should have shaken the Pentagon’s overseers but so far hasn’t.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 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

There was conflict, too, among the fair’s overseers.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson



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