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overseeing

ADJECTIVE

governing

Synonyms

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administrative dominant guiding ruling

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absolute ascendant conducting controlling determining directing dominating executive mastering ordering restraining superintending

WEAK

authoritative gubernatorial influential magisterial presidential regulatory supervisory supreme

Antonyms

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inferior subordinate

WEAK

powerless tributary

ADJECTIVE

managing

Synonyms

STRONG

administering admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising

Antonyms

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subordinate

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule

STRONG

application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance

WEAK

administering directing

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

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Others question whether the City Council is up to the task of overseeing the department of roughly 8,600 officers and 3,600 civilians.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It just so happens that the watchdog overseeing the largest single item in the federal budget, the inspector general of Social Security, has just submitted its latest report to Congress.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

"He was crawling down," Pemba Sherpa of 8K Expeditions, which was overseeing search and rescue efforts, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

The spin-off series sees a number of celebrities face cooking challenges, with judges overseeing their culinary skills until one star makes it to the end to claim the Celebrity MasterChef trophy.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Behind her back, the NSA secretly took charge, overseeing the pickup and delivery of the collection on December 17, 1970.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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