supervise
verb (used with object)
to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
had supervised
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past perfectof supervise.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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McGonigal, who had supervised investigations of Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska, before retiring in 2018, allegedly worked to have Deripaska’s sanctions lifted in 2019 and took money from him in 2021 to investigate a rival oligarch.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
In his op-ed, Sheridan said that she had supervised Báez’s thesis as well as two others — written in 2008 and 2010 — and contended that all three were nearly identical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
After all, Heroes' Acre had been built by him and he had supervised the burial there of many of his former comrades in the liberation struggle, including Sally, his first wife.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
The state has also sought to cut ties with a second sponsor called Partners in Quality Care, which had supervised some of the nonprofits that worked with Feeding Our Future.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
Marines had supervised its construction, forcing peasants to do the labor.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
