oversight
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Plaid Cymru said there was "stubbornly high" obesity and diet-related illness rate in Wales and a "strategic oversight of public health" was needed.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
One of California’s first moves was to put a moratorium on issuing new hospice licenses to give officials time to strengthen oversight.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
He did not have to ask how his editorial oversight had failed to spot a discomfiting level of undisclosed A.I. use.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
He established a training school for public officials—Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti School of Governance—that is shaping a new generation of Iran’s political leaders under the oversight of the Revolutionary Guard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
And brought here neither by chance nor oversight.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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