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superintendency

[soo-per-in-ten-duhn-see, soo-prin-] / ˌsu pər ɪnˈtɛn dən si, ˌsu prɪn- /






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The fundamental work of his superintendency may be taking place largely behind closed doors.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023

Cards accounted for just 2% - equivalent to some $16 million - of the credit portfolio of Venezuelan banks at the end of December 2022, according to the country's banking superintendency.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023

Ziegler officially assumes the superintendency at a fraught moment for Loudoun, which is one of the wealthiest districts in the nation and is also rapidly diversifying.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2021

He’d never been a principal, and after he had held a series of administrative posts in New York and New Jersey, his first superintendency was of the 15,000-student Stamford Public Schools in Connecticut.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2015

Foam Flake and the truck-wagon landed the captain at the Knowles gate and, a few minutes later, Kendrick was, rather shamefacedly, announcing to the judge his acceptance of the superintendency of the Fair Harbor.

From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby




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