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• n  management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group
• v  watch and direct
• v  keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

• By now, Yuen knows what works; he has been supervising action scenes since 1971, and directing since 1978.
• One, he is supervising the administration, and it is very complicated because, as you know, the choices of high civil servants are based on the principle of geographical .
• If an office supervisor fumbles frequently, he is made "coordinator of interdepartmental communications, supervising the filing of second copies of interoffice memos.

• supervision
• superintendence
• oversight
• oversee
• supervise
• superintend
• manage
• monitor

News & Articles

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• Urbandale child care facility closes after complaints
  An Urbandale child care center that abruptly closed its doors this week had twice been inspected by the Iowa Department of Human Services after complaints that the center didn't have enough staff supervising children.
  June 15, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
• Police: No charges for teacher accused of being drunk on field trip
  Janesville police said the teacher accused of being under the influence of alcohol while chaperoning an elementary school field trip will not face criminal charges. Maria Caya, a fourth-grade teacher at Washington Elementary School, was drunk while supervising students on a field trip last week, according to a report from the Janesville Police Department. The report states that Caya, 50, was ...
  June 14, 2013 - WISC-TV Madison
• Police: Drunk teacher supervising field trip passed out, taken to hospital
  Police said a Wisconsin schoolteacher was drunk while supervising students on a field trip to a bowling alley and was taken to a hospital after passing out, according to Channel3000.com. The station reports the teacher has a blood-alcohol level of .27 at noon Thursday. She told hospital staff she was drinking at 6 a.m. before supervising the trip.
  June 10, 2013 - The Oklahoman

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in istockAnalyst.com (press release)
  The insights provided by our role in supervising a range of banks, including community banks, significantly increase our effectiveness in making monetary policy and fostering financial stability,Bernanke said.
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Africasia
  Fortunately, the IAEA has recently tried to regain its legal role as supporter of the rights of its members while supervising nuclear activities,Ahmadinejad said.
• Barack Obama in USA Today
  Nobody here drafted those contracts (providing for the bonuses),Obama said. "Nobody here was responsible for supervising AIG and allowing themselves to put the economy at risk by some of the outrageous behavior that they were engaged in....