superintending

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“I feel God is superintending this, and if I just have faith and trust in the process, God will use me the way I can be the most useful.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2019

That year, 49 managed zones were created, each with a superintending gardener accountable for the maintenance and cleanliness of a given area.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2017

The image of Jackson as a divine handmaiden became so widespread that Jackson eventually adopted it, referring to himself, in 1826, as “the humble instrument of a wise and superintending Providence.”

From The New Yorker • Jan. 8, 2015

"We have engaged private security guards to provide security around the monuments," says Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, the superintending archaeologist of ASI Delhi.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2014

Mrs. Bessie, who certainly ought to have been superintending this moving, was sitting idly in the kitchen—doing nothing.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes