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as in to supervise
to be in charge of
superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater
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as in to oversee
to look after and make decisions about
homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education
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as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another
whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today
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Recent Examples of superintend
The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
In a country that understood its heritage, the members of that court would insist that their role was not to superintend the discussion of current affairs and laugh Mann out of the room.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
Wary of another reversal, Twitter has reportedly asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to superintend the closing.
—Jaimie Dingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
Congress, aware of this, has declined to accord the CDC the power to superintend this area.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
In a country that understood its heritage, the members of that court would insist that their role was not to superintend the discussion of current affairs and laugh Mann out of the room.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
Wary of another reversal, Twitter has reportedly asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to superintend the closing.
—Jaimie Dingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
Congress, aware of this, has declined to accord the CDC the power to superintend this area.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for superintend
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The kids can run around (supervised) with their peers for water sports, hiking, pizza parties, games, and more while parents enjoy yoga, tennis, swimming, or just take in the scenic views.Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Virgin River mayor and chief meddler Hope McRae (Annette O'Toole) is supervising the wedding organization, the town's equivalent of a royal wedding.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Unions typically win representation of workers by filing to hold elections overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.Chris Isidore, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
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Whoever Johnson hires as the Jets general manager will help oversee their coaching search after the team fired Robert Saleh on Oct. 8 after a 2-3 start.Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Olympic Peninsula to British Columbia Walking & Hiking Tour offers the chance to watch seabirds, whales, and other marine life by shore and sea, on ferries, in kayaks, and from waterfront hotels.Everett Potter, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Today, he’s intrigued watching his 11-year-old daughter.Deepti Hajela, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Therefore the decision to designate Christmas Eve as a holiday rests solely on the president, with each handling it differently.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The system that flawlessly handled 1,000 daily requests crashed when usage jumped to 100,000 requests after a successful product launch.Sai Arava, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Often Bradley would manage the team in the evening, then the following morning bring his son for chemotherapy at Crumlin hospital in Dublin.Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles Unified school principals — saying their workload is too heavy and the pressure to raise student achievement, manage complex budgets and keep campuses safe is too intense — have voted to join the Teamsters union in a rebuke to the leadership of Supt.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Publix Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Hours Publix, which operates nearly 1,500 stores in the Southeast shuts down on Christmas Day.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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This week, the firm—which already operates four large charging stations in the New York City area and is due to open another in Los Angeles in 2026—announced details of its next raft of charging stations in the San Francisco Bay Area.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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Unlike medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not regulate supplements.Devineé Lingo, M.S., Health, 21 Dec. 2024
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The findings of the latest study lend support to the argument that the therapeutic properties of LE may have been based on the potential for regulating the gut microbiome.Newsweek, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Discovery was conducted by the U.S. Trustee in this adversary proceeding.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The tension became pretty impossible to ignore during the film’s promotional tour, where Baldoni conducted solo interviews while Lively appeared with other cast members.Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 21 Dec. 2024
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