oversight
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The regulatory gap left room for Tether to grow with limited oversight; its flagship product, USDT, now accounts for roughly 60% of the $300 billion global stablecoin market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The blueprint advocated making the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, a unit of the government’s National Institute of Standards and Technology, the “primary institution” for U.S. regulatory oversight of AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Felix Salmon is joined by David Skeel, who served as chair on the oversight board that helped the island regain economic stability and detailed the saga of this debt crisis in his book Promise Land.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
"The investigations are being done by an independent police oversight authority, we believe that their findings will help us take appropriate legal action," Murkomen said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
That was just an oversight on their part, I reckon.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
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But many cases come down to small oversights — and the people caught off guard are often the ones who thought they had it taken care of.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Alejandro, the gas station attendant, said he felt there were "too few oversights" of mining projects.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
Mistakes or oversights in DOT regulations could lead to lawsuits or even injuries and deaths in the transportation system.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2026
"It gives me an opportunity to apologise for oversights and mistakes that were made"
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
And the messy apartment I was sure to walk into; the flight numbers and so forth left deliberately, so it now seemed, by the phone; both were oversights unworthy of Henry.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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