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oversight

[oh-ver-sahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪt /




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The White House counsel made the warning in a letter dated Monday to Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach, who is in line to lead the House oversight committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

"If something goes wrong there is no proper medical oversight."

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

It’s also why the best course here is to keep Huang in the job, with some oversight.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

The companies committed to robust controls on their models, independent third-party audits and board-level oversight to ensure problems are resolved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Whenever I believed I had come up with something, I probed it for every sort of oversight, tested it through from all angles.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

Or need to take time to revise a document to avoid oversights and mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

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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