oversee
verb (used with object)
to direct (work or workers); supervise; manage.
were overseeing
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past progressiveof oversee.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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About a dozen workers were overseeing the complex operation to rescue three narrowboats stranded in a canal in Whitchurch, on the English-Welsh border, last month.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The pension fund cut ties with Verdantf and Domain, transferring the assets they were overseeing to New York-based Ospraie Management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
There was no answer at the courthouse in the southern of port city of Salerno, where prosecutors were overseeing the investigation.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
A spokeswoman for Bragg on Wednesday confirmed the resignations of Dunne and Pomerantz, who were overseeing a team of about 25 lawyers, paralegals and analysts, but declined to say why they left.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2022
Up at the parking lot, a bunch of adults were overseeing the dismissal, and some of them wore uniforms.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
