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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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BioNTech’s supervisory board started an executive search to appoint their successors, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"I welcome today's decision by the supervisory board to reaffirm its confidence in my leadership of the Berlinale," Tuttle said in a statement.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

He called for a new supervisory board at Energoatom -- the state nuclear company at the heart of the scandal -- "within a week" that would enable a "complete overhaul of the company's management".

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

The Bayern Munich supervisory board member congratulated Stuttgart for "finding an idiot who will pay that much money" and stressed "we would have certainly not done that" during an interview with Blickpunkt Sport.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

Then let there be elected a supervisory board of trusty guardians, men absolutely above the reproach of having played the concertina or plunked staccato tunes on a banjo.

From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James

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