OVERSEES Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

oversees

verb

present tense third-person singular of oversee

as in supervises

to look after and make decisions about will oversee the new manufacturing division

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as in handles

to be in charge of looking for someone to oversee the project from start to finish

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as in watches

to take charge of especially on behalf of another oversee the household until Dad gets home

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as in examines

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) her job was to oversee each and every dish before it left the kitchen and was served to a customer

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Recent Examples of oversees Rochman, the University of Toronto researcher, co-authored a petition urging rigorous scrutiny of microplastics by the International Joint Commission, a binational group that oversees the treaty. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026 What the state won't or can't tell us California's Office of Youth and Community Restoration, or OYCR, oversees the LRP educational pathway programs that its director describes as a prison-to-university pipeline. — Julie Watts august 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 In a statement to NPR, the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA and CDC, said that the Human Foods Program staff who work with foreign regulatory counterparts had been reinstated. — Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 The league's own compliance guidance explicitly says its enforcement staff oversees player conduct during preseason, regular-season and postseason games, and specifically identifies fighting as conduct within its jurisdiction. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026 The job oversees more than 8,000 employees and a budget of about $9 billion. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 Sacramento County Office of Education provides services to Sacramento County school districts and oversees their fiscal stability. — Chaewon Chung august 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026 There is a disconnect between road crews and the team at the 511 Traffic Management Center, which oversees all active traffic incidents around town. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 15 Aug. 2026 As the principal investigator of Project ARMOR – Advanced Robotics for Materials Manufacturing Optimization and Research – Gongora oversees AI automation of the experimental process across materials science, chemistry and biology. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026

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The executive also coordinates and supervises county departments and is responsible for submitting an annual balanced budget to the Legislature.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Bardin also supervises the company’s equity fund, launched in 2025 to finance documentary films and series with commercial potential.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of supervises

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In healthcare, for example, an admissions department that once required 10 people may need two as AI handles referral summaries, reimbursement assessments and coordination workflows.

— Dave Wessinger, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
O’Brien’s report was not entirely negative, and the auditor’s office found that how Denver handles project management is generally effective, though there’s room for improvement.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of handles

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Everyone seemingly watches them — and a little tennis — with a $23 Honey Deuce in one hand, swaying to DJ Trizz’s mixes on the sound system.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Barack Obama watches the fireworks after his acceptance of the Democratic presidential nomination at Invesco Field at Mile High at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.

— Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of watches

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Here, The Athletic examines Jakirovic’s tactical approach as Hull brace themselves for the rigours of Premier League football for the first time since 2016-17.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
The film examines both the opportunities and challenges that technology brings to childhood and friendship.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of examines

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The mall’s owners had sold the property to the Centurion Foundation, which manages real estate and development for universities and hospitals.

— Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026
An improbable preparation that somehow manages to be immediately familiar and comforting, this cheeseburger fried rice is a little peek into all the fun going down at Agnes and Sherman in Houston, one of our Best New Restaurants of 2026.

— Nick Wong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of manages

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Robert Pozen, who lectures at MIT Sloan School of Management and was formerly president of Fidelity Investments, has an answer to the obvious question about who inspects this.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The leading theory is that the Grok filtering guardrail inspects text entering and leaving the model, but not the output of its own code execution.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inspects

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It's equipped with the High Resolution Stereo Camera, which scans multiple points of perspective across regions of Mars' surface to create 3D color renderings.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Every animal that leaves GCAS is chipped on the way out, and the shelter scans its animals for chips more than once during a stay.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

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