superintendency

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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

During his superintendency, Dr. Feeney presided over such thorny issues as school closings and budget cuts.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 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

The commission was not signed nor issued by Washington until February 22, 1797, when the frigate the "United States," built under the superintendency of Barry, was ready for launching at Philadelphia.

From The Story of Commodore John Barry by Griffin, Martin I. J. (Martin Ignatius Joseph)