supervise
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Standards, such as the number of children a teacher can supervise, would soon be under local control, leading to variations across the country, which Head Start advocates worry could diminish the quality of the program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Managing the risk is possible, Lahav said, but the more capable these systems get, the harder they are to supervise.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
It told the Mumbai police commissioner to supervise the investigation and demanded a status report.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Students either catalog recovered artifacts, most of which are ceramics, or "broken pots," as Anderson described them, or supervise excavation trenches.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
“You sure you don’t want me to supervise the hogs in putting away the ordnance?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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She lost a campaign for a judgeship in 2022 and two years later assumed her position in the county counsel’s justice and safety division, where she supervises litigation and advises county departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The key element is making sure that a physician supervises your visits and is available in person when needed by you or the associate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Federal law prohibits Fed officials from owning stock in banks the central bank supervises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He also supervises the Guardian Council, which has the power to vet electoral candidates and veto parliamentary legislation.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
The thirteen people he supervises, the constant fund-raising, the media appearances.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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Our work has shown that older people are willing to try strength training, even if they have never done it before, when exercises are tailored to their needs and supervised by qualified professionals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
But then on Thursday, a felony arrest warrant was filed for Shrine for alleged violation of post-release community supervision, a type of supervised release similar to parole, in Contra Costa County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The Sisters of Nazareth allow requests for both remote enquiries and on-site research, but visits must be approved by the congregation and are supervised.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
By contrast, she said, an end-to-end autonomous defense system that’s supervised by humans can reduce that time to minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Here the master carpenter supervised the cutting of timber for the construction of scaffolding, workshops, and machines.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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Maan, 61, of Ashford, Kent, was the crane supervisor responsible for overseeing and supervising lifting operations on the site.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He spent 19 years at the Compton Courthouse, where for a time he served as deputy in charge, supervising misdemeanor trial deputies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
They also argue that humans will probably remain in the loop, supervising that process—and gating how fast it can occur.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The national government has already launched an investigation, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reportedly personally supervising the process.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
After Strong described at dinner one evening his experiences supervising the carpenters, plumbers, and electricians building his house, Lawrence drove him up the hill to the Rad Lab site.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Power Prefix: super-
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