Oversight
noun
The action of watching or checking how something is done.
The project was completed under the strict oversight of the manager.
Often appears as...
- strict oversight
- lack of oversight
noun
A mistake made because of forgetting or not noticing something.
The misspelled name on the award was a regrettable oversight.
Often appears as...
- regrettable oversight
- minor oversight
noun
The action of watching or checking how something is done.
The project was completed under the strict oversight of the manager.
Often appears as...
- strict oversight
- lack of oversight
noun
A mistake made because of forgetting or not noticing something.
The misspelled name on the award was a regrettable oversight.
Often appears as...
- regrettable oversight
- minor oversight
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Involvement
Oversight often implies that a person in charge is monitoring to ensure rules are followed.
Under government oversight, the company improved its safety protocols.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Oversight can be positive, meaning careful attention, not necessarily due to a problem.
With her oversight, the team avoided common mistakes.
Pro Tip 3/3Responsibility Implied
The person providing oversight is often accountable for the project's success or failure.
As the committee chairman, his oversight was crucial for the fundraising event.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Involvement
Oversight often implies that a person in charge is monitoring to ensure rules are followed.
Under government oversight, the company improved its safety protocols.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Oversight can be positive, meaning careful attention, not necessarily due to a problem.
With her oversight, the team avoided common mistakes.
Pro Tip 3/3Responsibility Implied
The person providing oversight is often accountable for the project's success or failure.
As the committee chairman, his oversight was crucial for the fundraising event.
Pro Tip 1/3Authority Involvement
Oversight often implies that a person in charge is monitoring to ensure rules are followed.
Under government oversight, the company improved its safety protocols.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Oversight can be positive, meaning careful attention, not necessarily due to a problem.
With her oversight, the team avoided common mistakes.
Pro Tip 3/3Responsibility Implied
The person providing oversight is often accountable for the project's success or failure.
As the committee chairman, his oversight was crucial for the fundraising event.
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and in fact a significant number of them, the ones who are assigned oversight responsibility, did have the ability to do that. And you've actually had the chairs of those committees say that in public. Now, you mentioned the threat of cyberattacks, and I don't think anyone in this room would disagree that that is a huge concern,
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Roxane Gay: Confessions...
We have the right to move through the world as we choose, free from harassment or violence. We have the right to easy, affordable access to birth control, and reproductive services. We have the right to make choices about our bodies, free from legislative oversight or evangelical doctrine.
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The fundamental right to...
make it easy for you to take a stand when there's a law that's worth opposing or a law that's worth supporting or a policy that needs oversight. If you have a phone, you can do something, and if you want to do more, you can. I will tell you that if you see one of these detention centers
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How digital innovation...
and the government to institute a more transparent ratification process. And that drew widespread public support. It ended a little more than three weeks later, after the government promised and agreed on the four demands of legislative oversight. A poll released after the occupation
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Making internet widely...
country to keep up with the rest of the world it's being treated like a luxury goods not like a utility so what did FDR do when he came to the office he established oversight which we don't have over high speed net access made sure that was oversight of electricity
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Heather Brooke: My...
the police need access to all of our communications, spying on us without any judicial oversight, and he said it was a matter of life and death. He actually said that, it was a matter of life and death. There was no evidence. He presented no evidence of that.
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3 questions we should...
Don't let that put you off. We debate all sorts of issues that are critically important to our lives -- why should nuclear weapons be any different? We debate health care, education, the environment. Surely congressional oversight,
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Why do we kiss under...
In her fervor, however, she overlooked the mistletoe. The mischievous god Loki realized this oversight and pierced Baldr's heart with an arrow carved from a mistletoe branch. Frigg cried tears of such sadness
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He Grew Up in Antarctica...
off the beach almost well I think it's slight oversight of the Antarctic Treaty of you ask me generally people won't be able to change their habits unless there's a direct effect on mera day-to-day life
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Carl Safina: The oil...
And they were allowed to do so because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government that is supposed to be our government, protecting us. It turns out that --
Video examples
Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
and in fact a significant number of them, the ones who are assigned oversight responsibility, did have the ability to do that. And you've actually had the chairs of those committees say that in public. Now, you mentioned the threat of cyberattacks, and I don't think anyone in this room would disagree that that is a huge concern,
Video examples
Roxane Gay: Confessions...
We have the right to move through the world as we choose, free from harassment or violence. We have the right to easy, affordable access to birth control, and reproductive services. We have the right to make choices about our bodies, free from legislative oversight or evangelical doctrine.
Video examples
The fundamental right to...
make it easy for you to take a stand when there's a law that's worth opposing or a law that's worth supporting or a policy that needs oversight. If you have a phone, you can do something, and if you want to do more, you can. I will tell you that if you see one of these detention centers
Video examples
How digital innovation...
and the government to institute a more transparent ratification process. And that drew widespread public support. It ended a little more than three weeks later, after the government promised and agreed on the four demands of legislative oversight. A poll released after the occupation
Video examples
Making internet widely...
country to keep up with the rest of the world it's being treated like a luxury goods not like a utility so what did FDR do when he came to the office he established oversight which we don't have over high speed net access made sure that was oversight of electricity
Video examples
Heather Brooke: My...
the police need access to all of our communications, spying on us without any judicial oversight, and he said it was a matter of life and death. He actually said that, it was a matter of life and death. There was no evidence. He presented no evidence of that.
Video examples
3 questions we should...
Don't let that put you off. We debate all sorts of issues that are critically important to our lives -- why should nuclear weapons be any different? We debate health care, education, the environment. Surely congressional oversight,
Video examples
Why do we kiss under...
In her fervor, however, she overlooked the mistletoe. The mischievous god Loki realized this oversight and pierced Baldr's heart with an arrow carved from a mistletoe branch. Frigg cried tears of such sadness
Video examples
He Grew Up in Antarctica...
off the beach almost well I think it's slight oversight of the Antarctic Treaty of you ask me generally people won't be able to change their habits unless there's a direct effect on mera day-to-day life
Video examples
Carl Safina: The oil...
And they were allowed to do so because of the absolute failure of oversight of the government that is supposed to be our government, protecting us. It turns out that --
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Quote examples
Sam Graves
American Politician
Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.
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Michael Oher
American Athlete
I think there's a need for more oversight by social workers, because there are a lot of foster parents who are just collecting checks. They need to look closely into the backgrounds of the people whose hands you're putting the kids into and then continue to monitor them.
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Eric Shinseki
American General
What I want veterans to know is that VA is here to care for them. VA is a good system - health care wise, safety wise - highly comparable to any other system out there. Our oversight reviews tell us that. I'm very comfortable in the quality of our system.
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Stephen Cambone
American Politician
The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either. That is an important point to make. Those functions are performed by the CIA, DIA and other agencies.
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Peter Gabriel
English Musician
Snowden's revelations shocked the world and made it very clear why we need to have some way to look over those who look over us. With increasing terrorist attacks, security is critical, but not without any accountability or oversight.
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Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
A strong police presence keeps individuals involved in 'street life' from triggering the most severe penalties of the law by providing a surrogate for the self-control and parental oversight that they lack.
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Ann Kirkpatrick
American Politician
By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.
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Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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James Comey
American Public Servant
The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.
Quote examples
Sam Graves
American Politician
Congress can protect small businesses by providing effective oversight over SBA policies and make sure they take into account the needs of small businesses while also protecting taxpayer dollars. Congress also needs to make sure that new banking regulations do not make it more costly for community banks to lend to small businesses.
Quote examples
Michael Oher
American Athlete
I think there's a need for more oversight by social workers, because there are a lot of foster parents who are just collecting checks. They need to look closely into the backgrounds of the people whose hands you're putting the kids into and then continue to monitor them.
Quote examples
Eric Shinseki
American General
What I want veterans to know is that VA is here to care for them. VA is a good system - health care wise, safety wise - highly comparable to any other system out there. Our oversight reviews tell us that. I'm very comfortable in the quality of our system.
Quote examples
Stephen Cambone
American Politician
The office has oversight of people who do analysis and oversight of people who do operations, but it is not charged with doing either. That is an important point to make. Those functions are performed by the CIA, DIA and other agencies.
Quote examples
Peter Gabriel
English Musician
Snowden's revelations shocked the world and made it very clear why we need to have some way to look over those who look over us. With increasing terrorist attacks, security is critical, but not without any accountability or oversight.
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
A strong police presence keeps individuals involved in 'street life' from triggering the most severe penalties of the law by providing a surrogate for the self-control and parental oversight that they lack.
Quote examples
Ann Kirkpatrick
American Politician
By boosting oversight and accountability, we can empower the VA in its core mission of helping the men and women who have served our country.
Quote examples
Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
Quote examples
James Comey
American Public Servant
The lesson is the importance of never becoming untethered to oversight and accountability.
Quote examples
Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.
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