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supervise

[soo-per-vahyz] / ˈsu pərˌvaɪz /


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Instead, Essayli’s office has maintained that he can prosecute and supervise cases as first assistant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Managing the risk is possible, Lahav said, but the more capable these systems get, the harder they are to supervise.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Students either catalog recovered artifacts, most of which are ceramics, or "broken pots," as Anderson described them, or supervise excavation trenches.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

But Mehta and Neyshabur see recursive self-improvement as the “shortest path” to accelerating science, and believe it will be possible to safely supervise it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

His lunches lasted three hours, and he made paper airplanes of the homework he was supposed to supervise.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

The key element is making sure that a physician supervises your visits and is available in person when needed by you or the associate.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

A boatswain on a merchant ship, who supervises the deck’s seamen and manages equipment like ropes and cables, can earn nearly $5,200 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

First To Serve, the nonprofit that supervises the hotel, did not respond to inquiries from The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

He also supervises the Guardian Council, which has the power to vet electoral candidates and veto parliamentary legislation.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

She is a professor in the psychology department, where she supervises students who are getting master’s degrees.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

The company said Baird was closely supervised because she had limited experience as a behavior analyst when she joined Action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Tesla currently offers limited autonomous ride-hailing trips using Model Y SUVs in six U.S. cities, including Austin, as well as rides supervised by safety drivers in San Francisco.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Petrie, who had denied the allegations, will be supervised and monitored in the community for a further three years after his release.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Cadets should live together, train together and take responsibility for one another under a cadet chain of command supervised by experienced military professionals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Lawrence replied defensively that “the radio-sodium experiments were instigated by me alone,” adding, “I did suggest looking for artificial radioactivity this way and actively supervised the experiments.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He found an ally, a forceful supervising nurse, Aisha Ragab, who had run from the war herself, back in 2018.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Maan, 61, of Ashford, Kent, was the crane supervisor responsible for overseeing and supervising lifting operations on the site.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

He started his career at SpiceJet, said Captain Gurucharan Arora, former director of flight operations at the low-cost Indian carrier, who remembers supervising him on a simulator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Parents supervising a teen account would get daily notifications of time spent, prompts to review settings and the power to adjust school hours.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Gerald Black, at his own request, was supervising the mushrooming wooden partitions that were springing up in a bellying circle on the vaulted third floor of Radiation Building 2.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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