Example Sentences

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Then she hired Jonathan Last, who oversaw the Weekly Standard’s digital operations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

We understand that the two sales leaders who departed during the fiscal third quarter collectively oversaw about 40% of bookings, which explains the execution risk given the scale of the business they managed.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

“They oversaw a combination of a gruesome surgery, intense physical therapy and appropriately prescribed medicines,” Attar said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

S&P 500 companies are already among the biggest and most successful companies on the globe, notes Rick Wartzman, who co-founded Bendable Labs and oversaw the ranking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

It was succeeded and perhaps taken over by a state called Chimor, which oversaw an empire that sprawled over central Peru until it, too, was absorbed by the Inka.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann