Example sentences for: oversaw

How can you use “oversaw” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Ming rulers oversaw the construction and renovation of the Great Wall sections that millions of tourists visit today, but this wall-building eventually proved incapable of keeping out enemies.

  • The DCI insisted he did not make policy and only oversaw its implementation.

  • Anne H. Soukhanov, who oversaw the most recent (third) edition of the American Heritage Dictionary and is now the North American editor of the Encarta World English Dictionary , recalls coming across the word these days mostly in speech, "especially in sardonic and sarcastic replies to negative-context statements such as 'Dad, I just wrecked your new car' or 'This to inform you that the IRS has targeted you for a 10 year audit,' where its use as an interjectional reply parallels similar use of standard terms like 'beautiful,' 'terrific,' or 'great.

  • LSM oversaw the database searches, and carried out all the article tabulation.

  • ES oversaw the work of AL and RS.


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