oversight
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The October move followed President Trump signing into law a bill that set up oversight of stablecoins and would bring the assets into the financial mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“It’s every citizen’s duty to conduct oversight of their government,” he said.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
“In the absence of official oversight and enforcement, unmitigated expansion of the fireworks businesses operating at the site in Esparto led directly to death and destruction.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Henrietta Treyz, head of economic policy research at Veda Partners, is keeping tabs on House and Senate votes on next week’s war power resolution and whether the Senate schedules public oversight hearings of the war.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Whoever had taken the rest of their things had let her keep it, and she didn’t know whether that was an oversight or a small mercy.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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