supervise
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Putin appointed former Economy Minister Maxim Oreshkin to supervise the company’s evolution into a wider online-payments system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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
Cool Teacher Mr. Jordan would’ve jumped at the chance to supervise a breakdancing club.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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It isn’t clear if Bowman, who supervises banks for the Fed, violated those rules by attending the dinner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 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
In May 2024, she joined the Justice and Safety Division of the county counsel’s office, where she supervises civil litigation and advises county departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
He also supervises the Guardian Council, which has the power to vet electoral candidates and veto parliamentary legislation.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Yet the very next night, Hauptmann’s manner will be frighteningly closed; he invites no questions and supervises Werner’s work in silence.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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He is the latest former staff member to be convicted of offences at the school and will be supervised for two years.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Any use belongs in clinical trials or in carefully supervised medical settings, not in clinics selling expensive “immune boosts.”
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
“It will be a time for Brett to expand his skill set,” said Brian Adams, another BLS alumnus who once supervised him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
He planned to pick up the boy from the supervised child-care center at 11:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Grace Wexler had supervised the decorations: copper pots hung from the ceiling; the pews were padded with flowered cushions and fitted with hymnbook pockets and drop-leaf trays.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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Comments on the social media pages of several news outlets wanted to know who had been supervising the children overnight, while some called for resignations.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
She continued that work for three summers before supervising the excavation of a late Roman site this year.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
The film’s supervising technical director was remarkably calm upon learning that the company’s most valuable assets had disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
He spends every summer at his cottage in Nantucket, and this year Andre landed the sweet gig of supervising his spoiled cat for fifty dollars a day the whole time he’s away.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Power Prefix: super-
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