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Main Entry:
o·ver·sight
[
oh
-ver-sahyt
]
/
ˈoʊ
vərˌsaɪt
/
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Part of Speech:
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oversight
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Example Sentences
Federal dollars should come with enough
oversight
to ensure that home schooled students are actually learning something.
Maintain general administrative
oversight
of the projects.
The
oversight
board remains leaderless, though it has held its first meeting.
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Federal dollars should come with enough
oversight
to ensure that home schooled students are actually learning something.
Maintain general administrative
oversight
of the projects.
The
oversight
board remains leaderless, though it has held its first meeting.
Volunteers work closely with local guides and scientists, who lead the projects with clear goals and careful
oversight
.
University tightens
oversight
of sensitive research.
The signature price tag came a couple of years later, the result of a fortuitous
oversight
.
It can be easy to forget that
oversight
has two meanings.
But when senators are prepared, then they can exercise their
oversight
without listening to a long presentation.
American law allows such transactions to take place with the
oversight
of the government.
As work on the dam proceeds, opponents say construction quality has been compromised by corruption and lack of
oversight
.
Despite this, clinical trials of nanomedicines in humans have so far not been subject to specialized
oversight
.
Bill's problem with his employer's
oversight
was not so much ego, as a matter of his deeply ingrained sense of fairness.
Their vested interest has frustrated efforts at
oversight
.
Oil companies operated in the delta for years with little environmental
oversight
.
Government officials do not have to be the only ones exercising
oversight
.
There is little
oversight
on so-called terrorism experts who provide training to law enforcement and first responders.
It failed amid charges of price rigging and poor
oversight
.
There was indeed a call for tighter regulations and
oversight
of the building codes and those who enforce them.
The discovery has prompted calls for more effective
oversight
of the industry.
It also firmly re-establishes basic judicial
oversight
over all domestic surveillance in the future.
The bureau would have to consult with bank regulators, who could appeal against its decisions to the new
oversight
council.
All went well until an
oversight
on the part of one investigator ended their careers.
They also wanted it to exercise careful
oversight
over the executive branch.
The current climate of decreasing publishing revenues does not bode well for stronger editorial
oversight
.
Demands from opposition parties, and from some donors, for more civilian and local
oversight
were brusquely turned down.
Really, the last thing the world needed was yet another media without
oversight
.
Everyone agrees that the
oversight
of subprime-mortgage lending was inadequate.
Fidelity has tightened
oversight
of its trading desks.
The act's new
oversight
board aims to bring more and speedier discipline against rogue auditors.
Enforced economic
oversight
might have been sufficient sanction.
Even those that do are subject to the
oversight
of nontribal bureaucracies at both the state and federal levels.
Synthetic biology needs
oversight
not over-regulation, commission finds.
Congress has asked the agency to answer questions about the
oversight
of nonprofit hospitals other charities.
One of the folks who interviewed me was a higher-up in a different unit with
oversight
on.
New laws would ramp up federal
oversight
of food production, putting the heaviest burden on small farmers.
Additional responsibilities include library instruction and
oversight
of library exhibits.
Technological advances remove basis for government
oversight
of genetically modified crops.
New rules framed last year further tightened government
oversight
of private universities.
It has been revealed as plagued by backward technology, politically-biased
oversight
and local.
Report rebuts cancer claims and recommends changes to
oversight
and monitoring.
The successful candidate will provide high level technical direction,
oversight
and leadership to a broad array of programs.
The advocacy group also calls for more government
oversight
of the student-loan industry.
China's vast
oversight
apparatus keeps tabs on big and small outlets alike.
Universities, mortuaries and medical companies routinely buy and sell arms, legs and elbows with virtually no
oversight
.
Experience should include program development, strategic planning, operational
oversight
and fiscal management.
As well as creating a new office for financial
oversight
to keep watch on waste and.
But that
oversight
should not deter would-be viewers.
The new lines were created with extensive ethical
oversight
.
And colleges sometimes have trouble getting
oversight
right, the researchers said.
However, there would presumably need to be some
oversight
of any taxpayer subsidies they got.
Several agencies have already set advanced
oversight
procedures in place.
To say there is no
oversight
is irresponsible and misleading.
In recent years, such
oversight
has often been absent or fragmented.
Its weak
oversight
allowed a relatively junior employee to place bets worth more than the bank's entire capital.
Enron's energy exchange was, however, explicitly exempted from
oversight
by financial regulators:.
Transparency and
oversight
are the only ways to make these animals lives more humane.
It would be terrific if there were more
oversight
of pharmaceuticals, if they weren't so politically connected.
Another issue is whether international corporations are practically avoiding some forms of regulatory
oversight
.
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