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[oh-ver-see] / ˌoʊ vərˈsi /


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In February, the Government Accountability Office completed a report titled “Special Operations: Overarching Guidance Needed to Oversee and Assess Use of Surrogate Forces to Combat Terrorism,” but everything about it beyond its title is classified.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

Oversee Washington’s first loss to Oregon State in a decade?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2021

Dick Howard was a confident young college professor, only 34, when he got the assignment of a lifetime: Oversee the writing of a new constitution for Virginia.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

His next task: Oversee AOL’s transformation from an Internet provider that subsists on subscription fees to a content company that makes most of its money from advertising.

From Time • Feb. 12, 2014

Oversee, ō-vėr-sē′, v.t. to see or look over, to superintend.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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