How to Use supervision in a Sentence

supervision

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  • She's responsible for the supervision of a large staff.
  • Once the scooter is ready to ride, supervision is key for your on-the-go kid.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Pets shouldn’t be let outside without close supervision and should be kept on a leash while out on a walk.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
  • Sound and image weren’t always in sync, but the stage show (under the music supervision of Michael J. Moritz Jr.) never missed a beat.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • As part of his bond supervision, a judge ordered him to surrender any firearms.
    — Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the jobs pay low median wages, such as retail supervision (No. 9).
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The agreement was that Kip could use it only with his father’s supervision.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Brostrom ordered Walton to serve eight years in prison and four years of extended supervision for the homicide charge.
    — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In a statement, Michael S. Barr, vice chair for supervision, greeted the results in a measured fashion.
    — Bysheryl Estrada, Fortune, 30 June 2023
  • He was then sent back to Coalinga until a hearing on the matter could be held and while his supervision and housing was discussed.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And since then, Snapchat — like other platforms — has rolled out a variety of new teen safety and parental supervision tools.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The pills can be taken and the fetus delivered at home without supervision from a doctor.
    — Patrick Hauf, Fox News, 20 July 2023
  • That’s more than double the number of children with court supervision living at home for all other months of 2023 combined.
    — Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • While kids under the age of 13 should not use these floats without supervision, the four ring floats and two inflatable beach balls in this set are perfect for everyone.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Most metro Phoenix cities have restrictions on the times minors can be in public without parental supervision.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The tablets or drops are taken under medical supervision the first time, then daily at home.
    — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 4 May 2023
  • The worker pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor battery and received 12 months of court supervision.
    — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 11 July 2023
  • Most children who drown do so under the supervision of an adult, who may have been checking a phone, watching TV or thinking that another adult was watching the kids.
    — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
  • These supports will include mental health and supervision staff, as well as on-campus School Police staffing.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
  • Keep pets under direct supervision and on a leash, and keep livestock secured on your property.
    — Brian Bell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2024
  • Often this supervision arrived in the form of informal cooking lessons, teaching the basics.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Michael Barr, the central bank's vice chair for supervision, is set to testify before the Senate committee on Thursday.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 May 2023
  • Fences around the festival grounds, drones and a teen supervision policy were implemented for the event, which was held in the south parking lot of the village’s 80th Avenue Metra station.
    — Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2023
  • Process supervision, which involves training an AI model to break down the steps needed to solve a problem, can improve an algorithm’s chances of getting the right answer.
    — Will Knight, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • He was released last September and will spend the next three years under federal supervision.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 8 July 2024
  • Reichardt peppers Showing Up with scenes of Lizzy sculpting in her garage and art students honing their craft under the supervision of instructors at the college.
    — Vikram Murthi, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Until then, their investments must be held under the supervision of an adult in what's known as a custodial account.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And Agnes is trying and failing to the learn the ropes of her new lifestyle of fishing and homemaking, and isn’t helped by the constant interfering supervision of her mother-in-law (Maria Hofstätter).
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Once the brothers mastered the correct techniques, they were allowed to use equipment under supervision.
    — Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 10 July 2024
  • Older kids can try cutting up an apple themselves with your supervision.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 22 July 2024

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