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oversight

[oh-ver-sahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪt /




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The White House had been weighing more oversight over the fast-growing industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

"We can give a categoric assurance that we will implement all the findings with the necessary rigour, oversight and transparency that is essential to demonstrate continuous improvement," he said.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The proposal called for AI and data centers to pay for their power and water needs, fund workforce stability initiatives and ensure human oversight of AI tools in critical sectors such as healthcare.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

He packed oversight commissions with appointees who would rubber-stamp his delusions of grandeur and did the same with the Kennedy Center, whose new board promptly renamed the performing arts venue for him.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

That gave him not only oversight of Fermi’s reactor research at Columbia, for which the committee made a six-month appropriation of $340,000, but also jurisdiction over the spectrograph and plutonium projects at Lawrence’s Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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