supervision
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That policy is backed by some long-standing evidence that fewer people re-offend if they receive intensive supervision to sort out their lives, rather than locking them up for short sentences.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Today’s parents are used to tracking their kids’ every move but some are rethinking that approach and setting them loose outdoors—with some supervision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
One of the bills, introduced by Stefani, expands the ability of certified nurse-midwives to provide care for pregnant and postpartum patients by specifying that supervision by a physician is not required when providing certain services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Without clinical supervision, many patients will misuse and then discontinue the bogus products and achieve no lasting benefit.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
The most important fact to keep in mind, however, is that debates about prison statistics typically ignore a key fact: most people who are under state supervision and control are not in prison.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Xi was quoted as saying China would crack down on corrupt behaviour related to disorderly capital expansion and platform monopolies, and would strengthen supervisions.
From Reuters ● Apr. 30, 2022
His scheme was to devise his own corrective biography, ostensibly with Miller as authorized author, while behind the scenes Roth would, in effect, ghostwrite it with proddings and minute supervisions of method and means.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Garriott said Taylor-Silva’s case motivates her to put extra effort into the difficult supervisions.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2017
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That usually leaves the children with no federal supervisions once they are released to sponsors — where they are often prime recruiting targets.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2017
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And while there are heads of departments who oversee the work of clerks and stenographers up to a point, almost daily conferences and supervisions are necessary in order to have the work go on satisfactorily.
From The Torch Bearer A Look Forward and Back at the Woman's Journal, the Organ of the Woman's Movement by Agnes E. Ryan
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