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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
supervise .
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The first definition is "an official who examines [various media] for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable ..." (emphasis mine) The secondary definitions either imply official capacity ( "supervises"), are so broad as to be useless ( "an adverse critic"), or are irrelevant (apply to Roman times or Freudian theory).
Is That Legal?: Brad Krantz on Peter Brimelow's Falsehoods 2007
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In the wild, one male "supervises" the home ranges of several females.
15 Agouti 1991
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The lawyer and the witness had dueled over the meaning of common words, about whether an executive "supervises" or "administers," about the difference between a lie and a failure to tell the truth.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Tsvangirai will be prime minister, chairing a newly created Council of State that "supervises" the cabinet.
Embassy 2008
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Tsvangirai will be prime minister, chairing a newly created Council of State that "supervises" the cabinet.
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Tsvangirai will be prime minister, chairing a newly created Council of State that "supervises" the cabinet.
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He then supervises destroying a school's perfectly functional furniture and books, and takes a side trip bearing Not A Bribe to Councilman Oliver Thomas playing self, for a graft trifecta.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Treme 14: Renewed, Attacked and Sazerac'd Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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J.P. Morgan Officials at the NCUA, a federal regulator that supervises the nation's credit unions, expect to file additional lawsuits against as many as eight more banks and securities firms that pooled individual mortgages into securities and sold them to the five credit unions, which failed in 2009 and 2010, according to people familiar with the situation.
Feds Sue Bankers Over Fall in Bonds Liz Rappaport 2011
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The surveillance force falls under State Oceanic Administration, which supervises China's coastline and territorial waters.
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He then supervises destroying a school's perfectly functional furniture and books, and takes a side trip bearing Not A Bribe to Councilman Oliver Thomas playing self, for a graft trifecta.
Karen Dalton-Beninato: Treme 14: Renewed, Attacked and Sazerac'd Karen Dalton-Beninato 2011
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