How to Use oversight in a Sentence

oversight

noun

• The new manager was given oversight of the project.
• The error was a simple oversight.
• The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight.
• O’Rourke blames both the skill of the craftsmen and the lax oversight of the codes for the continued problem.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
• When that occurs, the pilots can leave the cockpits and oversight can be from the ground.
  — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• The oversight of time zones was assigned to the DOT to help keep track of transportation.
  — Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
• That the oversight has not been corrected is, perhaps, a sign of his standing in the program.
  — Billy Witz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• The result was no oversight for the bankrupt crypto exchange.
  — Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
• In April 2021, Sherin asked the oversight commission to allow the project to tap Medicaid funds.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• The idea was to give kids the freedom to buy things on their own, while also allowing parents oversight.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
• Carlson stepped down from day-to-day oversight of the website after landing his show on Fox News and sold his stake in the outlet in 2020.
  — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Democrats fear that a unit without proper oversight could lead to problems.
  — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
• Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
• State leaders say the court ruling increased the urgency to put state oversight in place.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• Vern Pierson of the oversight, and that Dahl’s children had never been told that she was no longer considered guilty.
  — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
• Until that day comes, our state schools are now, at the very least, legally allowed to have some oversight on what and how the players are being paid.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2023
• Yet, the deposits are a stark reminder that antitrust oversight is no match for a banking crisis.
  — Don Muir, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• With the lack of oversight on private firearm sales, dealers may not adhere to age requirements.
  — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
• Erika and Byron thought the school lacked proper oversight and planning.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• In March 2023, a new agent assigned to the case noticed the oversight, and Johnson was indicted and arrested again in Bryan, Texas.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
• There does seem to be a growing consensus that more oversight is needed.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024
• The ruling was based on the same state pawn shop laws that have enabled the industry to operate with little oversight.
  — Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 13 July 2023
• There is no statewide oversight or inspection of county jails.
  — Isabelle Taft, ProPublica, 16 Jan. 2024
• The filing oversight for this specific type of form appears to be common.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• In March 1999, after less than six months of oversight, Polozola decided the state had done enough.
  — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 July 2024
• But with that growth have come complaints by clients about mistreatment by their life coaches and growing calls for some type of oversight.
  — Jessica Miller, ProPublica, 17 June 2024
• That means there is a lack of oversight of migrants' living and working conditions.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
• Under the plan, the team would have to negotiate a special payment with the oversight board to offset some of the revenue that would be lost due to the frozen assessment.
  — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
• Both the House and the Senate will be controlled by Republicans, making congressional oversight and impeachment two tools unlikely to be used should he be accused of crossing a traditional boundary.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
• Fatal accidents on Nigeria's waterways have for some time raised alarms about the lack of effective oversight and regulation, even as the country faces other major challenges, including inadequate road infrastructure.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024