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oversight

[oh-ver-sahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪt /




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According to the oversight group, the incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. when officers spotted Ludwig’s car and entered the wrong plate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Whether the vagueness of the rules are by design to leave it open to transgender women or a sign of an oversight that genuinely needs tightening up is not clear.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The three-term governor’s Democratic opponent, Gina Hinojosa, has made greater oversight of data centers a key piece of her campaign.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Dam safety laws allowed municipalities with their own engineering departments to operate without state oversight, and Mulholland had taken advantage of this loophole.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

That gave him not only oversight of Fermi’s reactor research at Columbia, for which the committee made a six-month appropriation of $340,000, but also jurisdiction over the spectrograph and plutonium projects at Lawrence’s Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

I’ve made it a point this year to finally get to some books that have been oversights in my reading life.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

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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