superintend
verb
su·per·in·tend
ˌsü-p(ə-)rin-ˈtend 
ˌsü-pərn-
superintended; superintending; superintends
: to have or exercise the charge and oversight of : direct
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Examples of superintend in a Sentence
superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater
homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education
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The exhibition lays claim to the body as the superintending conceit of Warhol’s corpus—an argument often strained by inclusions here of the Hammer & Sickle (1976) works or allusions to the film Sleep (1964).
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
In a country that understood its heritage, the members of that court would insist that their role was not to superintend the discussion of current affairs and laugh Mann out of the room.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
Wary of another reversal, Twitter has reportedly asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to superintend the closing.
—Jaimie Dingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
Congress, aware of this, has declined to accord the CDC the power to superintend this area.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
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Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
To superintend the means by which ideas are spread and debated is to superintend those ideas and debates per se.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 Sep. 2024
For one thing, there is not that much the superintendent can superintend.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2024
In a country that understood its heritage, the members of that court would insist that their role was not to superintend the discussion of current affairs and laugh Mann out of the room.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
He was promoted the following year to superintending statistician.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
Wary of another reversal, Twitter has reportedly asked the Delaware Court of Chancery to superintend the closing.
—Jaimie Dingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
Congress, aware of this, has declined to accord the CDC the power to superintend this area.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 4 Aug. 2021
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superintend
verb
su·per·in·tend
ˌsü-p(ə-)rin-ˈtend
ˌsü-pərn-
: to be in charge of : direct
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