oversee
verb (used with object)
to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage.
had been overseeing
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past perfect progressiveof oversee.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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As the CMC’s second-ranked vice chair, He had been overseeing political discipline and ideological training in the armed forces, among other duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Carvalho also restored regional supervisors who had been overseeing mental health professionals who work at schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
In 1962 President John F. Kennedy made him a special adviser on the Middle East, where Mr. Butler had been overseeing the family business interests.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
He had been overseeing fundraising efforts for the department and served as the administrator for several sports.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Meliagrance, who had been overseeing some men-at-arms while they broke up the wooden sheds on the Great Court as a precaution against Greek Fire, lost his nerve.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
