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oversight

[oh-ver-sahyt] / ˈoʊ vərˌsaɪt /




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The decision was made by a group within the ICC's management oversight body, which has also referred the matter to the court's 125 member states.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Like any insular organization—police unions, the military—the judiciary won’t raise its standards without outside oversight.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

The alignment of executive pay with outcomes, the activeness of boards, and the oversight and reporting standards set by institutions like the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice are waning.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Between 2019 and 2021, after Democrats took the House, it held more than 405 oversight hearings and submitted more than 1,318 requests for information.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Yet the sheriff had never investigated Hale, nor had other local lawmen—an oversight that no longer seemed incidental.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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