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overseers

NOUN
person who supervises others' work
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If banks lent out the funds anyway, they would be subject to costly demerits from their overseers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The comedian, who returned to host Monday nights in early 2024 after nearly a decade away, acknowledged recent tensions with the network’s new corporate overseers.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

Affordable housing grantmakers, lenders and urban planning regulators share agency letterhead with cannabis and alcohol industry overseers, professional licensors, car mechanic watchdogs and everyone at the California Horse Racing Board.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2025

The r/ChangeMyView overseers did not agree with that point and responded by filing an ethics complaint with the university, demanding that the study not be published, and contacting higher-ups with Reddit’s legal team.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2025

“We’re more of an uprising. Our reach stretches across the country—there’s a group for every metropolitan area that exists, and regional overseers for the Midwest, South, and East.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth