Verb (used with object), : He was hired to oversee the construction crews. ,We happened to oversee the burglar leaving the premises. He was overseen stealing the letters. From Dictionary.com.
In 1989, Mr. Chernomyrdin oversaw the conversion of the ministry into Gazprom, of which he unsurprisingly was elected chairman. From Wordnik.com. [Viktor Chernomyrdin, Yeltsin's stolid prime minister, dies] Reference
Catlin oversaw testing for anabolic agents at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and ran the country's first anti-doping lab at UCLA for 25 years. From Wordnik.com. [Armstrong to align with Astana in Tour return, form new team] Reference
Matt Flavin oversaw a 450-person intelligence unit in Bosnia, deployed overseas with the Navy SEALs and survived combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. From Wordnik.com. [POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: September 03, 2009] Reference
These meetings, over the years, they are the ones who kind of oversaw the maintenance of the levees. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 18, 2005] Reference
Are these the same tribunals that 'oversaw' the re-alocation or Paedophiles, created gagging orders and insitgated a veil of secracy in the first place?. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Cheney oversaw the war buildup, in concert with Rumsfeld. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why Card's Star Is On The Rise] Reference
Kantrowitz oversaw this week's feature on first-year educators. From Wordnik.com. [Bylines] Reference
What about priests who oversaw cases that occurred decades ago?. From Wordnik.com. [‘Empty Promises’] Reference
At the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's office, Emmick oversaw prosecutions of public corruption. From Wordnik.com. [Race To The Bottom] Reference
In 1994, she oversaw the development of "Friends" and "NewsRadio," two wildly popular shows. From Wordnik.com. [She's Out Of Friends] Reference
They live in peaceful coexistence with the retired jailers, who once oversaw their oppression. From Wordnik.com. [The Country Of Good Hope] Reference
The firm gave contributions to a few elected officials who oversaw their states 'pension funds. From Wordnik.com. [Bashing The Buyout King] Reference
He and Talic allegedly ran a "crisis staff" that oversaw the terrorizing of Muslims and Croats. From Wordnik.com. [Fugitives, Stay Home] Reference
Commanders ran business empires and oversaw smuggling, illegal logging, protection rackets and extortion. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Creep] Reference
The problem "has to be solved on land," says Gérard Valin, the French admiral who oversaw the April raid. From Wordnik.com. [The Scourge of Somalia’s Seas] Reference
She championed public-school reform and oversaw innovative anti-crime programs that were tough on offenders. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Through The Ultimate Glass Ceiling] Reference
Hillary oversaw the hiring of White House staffers and pressed her husband to fill half the top positions with women. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary’s Hidden Hand] Reference
The former Florida secretary of state became a national figure when she oversaw the state's 2000 presidential recount. From Wordnik.com. [The Oval: The Shifting Sands of Politics] Reference
Frank Mancuso, who oversaw the decline, was squeezed out last March by Paramount Communications Inc. chairman Martin Davis. From Wordnik.com. [A Tv King's Rough Passage] Reference
"We have had a lot of discussions with these companies," says NIH's Lana Skirboll, who oversaw the NIH's recent stem-cell report. From Wordnik.com. [Did The President Go Far Enough?] Reference
The people who oversaw much of the training that did take place were contractors — many of them former American cops or sheriffs. From Wordnik.com. [The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight] Reference
At the Union terminal, Avis Gray, regional administrator for the state's Department of Health and Hospitals, oversaw their evacuation. From Wordnik.com. ['A Big, Ugly Storm'] Reference
Yom Kippur: In that role, Rabin oversaw Israel's sweeping victory in the Six Day War of June 1967 -- even as the more charismatic Gert. From Wordnik.com. [An Indispensable Man] Reference
Then came the international agencies, the U.N. and European staffers who delivered aid to refugees and later oversaw shaky peace deals. From Wordnik.com. [Real-Estate Porn] Reference
(After spending two decades at Microsoft, where I oversaw the creation of Word and Excel, I cofounded Intentional Software Corp. in 2002.). From Wordnik.com. [From CEO to Space Tourist] Reference
It's an art he knows personally: for two decades he worked as producer at CBS and, as the network's executive vice president, he oversaw its prime-time programming. From Wordnik.com. [IN JACKO'S WAKE] Reference
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