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supervisory board

British  

noun

  1. a board of management of which nonmanagerial workers are members, having supervisory powers over some aspects of management decision-making

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Greeting the deal, VW supervisory board member and IG Metall union leader Christiane Benner said the company was not off the hook for the hundreds of jobs not covered by the deal.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

In the final agreement, the supervisory board only asked Blume and his team to “develop a model for an evolved decision-making and group structure,” postponing the power struggle to another day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The supervisory board of German car giant Volkswagen has backed a plan to slash an additional 50,000 jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Volkswagen’s supervisory board had initially rejected Blume’s plan at a meeting in July, triggering two months of high-profile wrangling between the CEO’s team, worker representatives and Lower Saxony.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He kept himself mostly in Heidelberg, and organized a supervisory board to aid in the disposition of the funds in accordance with the testator's intentions.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by James Parton

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