intendance

noun

in-ˈten-dən(t)s How to pronounce intendance (audio)
Definition of intendancenext
as in management
the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something his scrupulous intendance of the university's finances

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  1. management
  2. operation
  3. handling
  4. control
  5. supervision
  6. administration
  7. direction
  8. government
Noun
  • Clients interested in ongoing pest management can avail themselves of the company’s Gold Package, which includes year-round monitoring and treatment.
    Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Athlete insurance and risk management provider Players Heath has closed on a $60 million funding round led by Bluestone Equity Partners, the companies announced Wednesday.
    Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of management
Noun
  • The Mets are confident in their approach to pitching development under president of baseball operations David Stearns and pitching coach Jeremy Hefner.
    Will Sammon, The Athletic, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Chapman has worked on the farm since childhood and took over the operation in 2016.
    Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of operation
Noun
  • Trump was irate after agents served a search warrant on Mar-A-Lago in 2022 in an investigation over the former president’s handling of classified documents.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But in August, the VII Group conspicuously failed to live up to that symbol in its handling of a five-day foreign tour of the Bahamas for George Mason’s men’s basketball team.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of handling
Noun
  • Nonprofits are ripe for financial abuse, said Robert Nordlander, a former IRS special agent who spent two decades chasing tax evaders and money launderers – especially organizations like The County Buzz that have no internal controls, independent board or oversight.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • His autopsy reports no use of physical control by deputies.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of control
Noun
  • Then they were split into two equal groups and completed training drills twice a week under the supervision of an Okkulo coach—one group using Okkulo’s lighting system, and the other under normal conditions.
    RM Clark, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Two years later, the trees were planted along the long driveway leading to John Woodbury’s future home, under the supervision of ranch foreman Tom Hoag, according to the Christmas Tree Lane Assn.’s official history.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of supervision
Noun
  • Many of those state goals are similar to the ones the Biden administration laid out in its plan to reduce antisemitism -- especially the emphasis on improving safety and security and building cross-community solidarity.
    WILL WEISSERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • During Trump’s first presidency, tech executives, including from Google, Facebook and Apple, clashed with his administration for banning immigrants from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of administration
Noun
  • But her official team online, known as Taylor Nation, used its social media accounts to point fans in the direction of a new section on Swift’s website that’s dedicated to archiving material across eras.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The typical migration route for humpback whales can approach 5,000 miles in a single direction, making this one’s journey close to two times that of most whales.
    AJ Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of direction
Noun
  • The schools were usually run by third-party organizations and religious groups, but were funded by the federal government.
    Miyo McGinn, Outside Online, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spent years petitioning the federal government to let the Sunshine State import drugs directly from Canada.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of government
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