oversight
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It found that officials in the Ministry of Transportation were failing in their oversight in part due to manpower and budget issues, a person familiar with the report said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Large amounts of vitamins such as niacin can be toxic and may cause harmful effects if they are taken without appropriate medical oversight.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
In that case, we later learned, the department wouldn’t be involved because state law doesn’t include any mechanism for oversight.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Warren, who had oversight of NOS in its first years at St Thomas's, told the court he initially believed Brain's"controlling" nature helped to get things done.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Further, the prison was so isolated that there was no oversight whatsoever, no civilians who came to check on conditions.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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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
Sophisticated printed illustrations based on perspective drawings thus turned anatomy into a progressive science, where each generation of anatomists was able to identify mistakes and oversights in the work of their predecessors.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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