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supervision

[soo-per-vizh-uhn] / ˌsu pərˈvɪʒ ən /


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Several members of the guard were subsequently disarmed and placed under supervision at military headquarters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

These students say any effort by police to deter bullying or fights would be more effectively handled by counseling, fully staffed non-police adult supervision and staff trained in de-escalation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Hospital staff informed law enforcement, and when police arrived at their home they discovered three different rooms called "learning centres" under the supervision of multiple nannies, which Hochman described as a "house of horrors".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ashtiyeh, who is Palestinian, is conscious and under 24-hour supervision at a hospital in Nablus, where he will undergo X-rays, said his son, Zain Jaafar.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

This supervision, recorded on a stela erected seventy years afterward, is the first known example in Yucatan of a Mesoamerican specialty: the chaperoned coronation.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Xi was quoted as saying China would crack down on corrupt behaviour related to disorderly capital expansion and platform monopolies, and would strengthen supervisions.

From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2022

His scheme was to devise his own corrective biography, ostensibly with Miller as authorized author, while behind the scenes Roth would, in effect, ghostwrite it with proddings and minute supervisions of method and means.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021

Garriott said Taylor-Silva’s case motivates her to put extra effort into the difficult supervisions.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017

That usually leaves the children with no federal supervisions once they are released to sponsors — where they are often prime recruiting targets.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2017

After finishing her household supervisions Elfride became restless, and several times left the room, ascended the staircase, and knocked at her father's chamber-door.

From A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy




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