supervisory board

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

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Words nearby supervisory board

supervise, supervision, supervision order, supervisor, supervisory, supervisory board, superwaif, superweed, superwoman, supinate, supination

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Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
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On his eighth try, more than three decades after he went in, the parole board finally voted to release Sam.
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The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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The fate of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the 162 souls on board is a tragedy, but it will not remain a mystery for much longer.
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The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.
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She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.
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The patache was never seen again, and there is not much doubt that it was lost with all hands on board.
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Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
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For the purpose of ascertaining the Board's powers in this connection the opinion of the Attorney General has been requested.
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