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superintendency

[soo-per-in-ten-duhn-see, soo-prin-] / ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛn dən si, ˌsu prɪn- /






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The Denver Post recently reported that Denver Public Schools allegedly paid Carvalho $107,000 over the entire period of his L.A. superintendency to mentor and coach Marrero.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Carvalho’s later Form 700s — for the entire period of his superintendency — are nearly blank.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

Cards accounted for just 2% - equivalent to some $16 million - of the credit portfolio of Venezuelan banks at the end of December 2022, according to the country's banking superintendency.

From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023

Ziegler officially assumes the superintendency at a fraught moment for Loudoun, which is one of the wealthiest districts in the nation and is also rapidly diversifying.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2021

At dinner Glover did the ordering because he had earlier planned to celebrate the promotion, already known, of Morris Blood to the general superintendency.

From The Daughter of a Magnate by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

How do you structure your relationships from your office to your 32 superintendencies?

From Time Magazine Archive

He rose rapidly in the ranks, filling several superintendencies in the old parent property before he went to Watertown, in the late summer of 1902.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Edward Hungerford

The bare repairs and superintendencies of all which call for the remaining part of his income.

From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop

At the same time that the Tsung-li Yamên was created, two important offices were established in the provinces for dealing with foreign commercial questions, viz. the superintendencies of trade for the northern and southern ports.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

"Higher position in the public school service" meant, in the main, in the early days, city superintendencies and high school principalships.

From On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd


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