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
But if Silver were overseeing America’s top sport, the moments when his good-guy advocacy falls short would receive even more blowback.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
Noem has also had to contend with questions about a meeting last year that included her daughter, Kassidy Peters, and state employees who were overseeing Peters’ application for a real estate appraiser license.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Up at the parking lot, a bunch of adults were overseeing the dismissal, and some of them wore uniforms.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
