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supervisory

[soo-per-vahy-zuh-ree] / ˌsu pərˈvaɪ zə ri /
ADJECTIVE
administrative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bureaucratic departmental governmental legislative managerial ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory
WEAK
authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directing directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

Example Sentences

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He also pointed to a decline in supervisory staffing, saying the number of bank examiners has fallen by about 30%, with many experienced officials leaving.

From Barron's

These rules fall under what is currently called the simplified supervisory formula approach, or SSFA.

From The Wall Street Journal

The executive is being investigated by Italian prosecutors in a case related to allegations of supervisory obstruction and market manipulation.

From The Wall Street Journal

But her lawyer, Stacy Tolchin, said the record showed that the order lacked supervisory approval and was never finalized, so there was no valid removal order to reinstate.

From Los Angeles Times

It directed regulators to move supervisory guidance away from “overly technical process-oriented” approaches, to reform capital and liquidity rules and to modernize appraisal regulations.

From The Wall Street Journal

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.