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care, charge, guidance, headship, oversight, regulation, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, surveillance
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Did this freedom from curfews and adult supervision entirely make sense? — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Remembering Luke Perry, the Poster Boy of '90s Studs," 4 Mar. 2019 Self-rule has replaced supervision from afar, and a return to the terrifying days of car bombs and masked gunmen is unthinkable. — Michael O’donnell, WSJ, "‘Say Nothing’ Review: The Ballad of Jean McConville," 26 Feb. 2019 Contact lenses, even if worn for cosmetic reasons, are prescription medical devices that must only be worn under the prescription, direction and supervision of an eye care professional. — Marie Claire, "The Makeup That's Most Flattering for Your Eye Color," 31 Jan. 2019 The museum is standing by the artist, saying the performance is not about eroticism, and that the girl participated under her mother's supervision. — Houston Chronicle, "On the go: Pub crawls and Vince Young signs autographs," 3 July 2018 Older children should use fireworks only under close adult supervision. — Daniel Wilson, sacbee, "Your guide to celebrating a midweek Fourth of July," 2 July 2018 Since 2012, Libor has been under the supervision of U.K. regulators and is expected to expire at the end of 2021. — Daniel Kruger And Telis Demos, WSJ, "The Benchmark Set to Replace Libor Suffers Volatility Spike," 11 Feb. 2019 The principal of one of New York City’s top public schools, Brooklyn Technical High School, beefed up supervision of boys’ bathrooms this week after finding racist and anti-Semitic imagery inside them, emails show. — Leslie Brody, WSJ, "Racist and Anti-Semitic Imagery Scrawled in Elite New York City School’s Bathrooms," 31 Jan. 2019 To get extended supervision, Ramirez ordered him to pay $1,150 payable to the Waukesha narcotics and vice unit and $268 in court costs. — Jane Ford-stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "West Allis man get 6 years in prison for selling heroin that killed 20-year-old," 11 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supervision.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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