Supervises

The first definition is "an official who examines [various media] for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable ..." (emphasis mine) The secondary definitions either imply official capacity ( "supervises"), are so broad as to be useless ( "an adverse critic"), or are irrelevant (apply to Roman times or Freudian theory). ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the wild, one male "supervises" the home ranges of several females. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The lawyer and the witness had dueled over the meaning of common words, about whether an executive "supervises" or "administers," about the difference between a lie and a failure to tell the truth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tsvangirai will be prime minister, chairing a newly created Council of State that "supervises" the cabinet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The surveillance force falls under State Oceanic Administration, which supervises China's coastline and territorial waters. ❋ Unknown (2011)

J.P. Morgan Officials at the NCUA, a federal regulator that supervises the nation's credit unions, expect to file additional lawsuits against as many as eight more banks and securities firms that pooled individual mortgages into securities and sold them to the five credit unions, which failed in 2009 and 2010, according to people familiar with the situation. ❋ Liz Rappaport (2011)

His organization missed the warning signs for the last crisis, and now he's papering over a pattern of criminality by the institutions he supervises. ❋ RJ (2011)

The government also supervises large companies to prevent unfair practices. ❋ Yim Jong-yong (2011)

He then supervises destroying a school's perfectly functional furniture and books, and takes a side trip bearing Not A Bribe to Councilman Oliver Thomas playing self, for a graft trifecta. ❋ Karen Dalton-Beninato (2011)

The center is to be modeled at least partially on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which coordinates and supervises the work of several other existing government agencies. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I stack the peppers in a basket and count them at the end of the day while Grandpa supervises, a can of Budweiser in one hand, cigarette in the other. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

Ana Cristina Wright Ramirez supervises while her brother Santiago James prepares a quintessential Mexican food -- corn. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Jimmy, could you send your kid over to help me with my facebook? [Im afraid] I might get a virus without some [child supervision]." "Dad, if you dont know how many [o's] are in Google, why dont you just ask for some child supervision?" ❋ Randori (2010)

People born [in the 80's] didn't have [mall supervision] going to a mall at any [time of the day], including at night. They didn't have to have another adult or even another person to be with them, even if they weren't working (going to a movie or shopping). Teenagers seem willing to put up with a lot more bullshit these days than they were back in the early 2000's, they do just about anything that anybody tells them to because they seem to think it's right to be obedient under any circumstances, even if what the people making rules/laws is doing is wrong. ❋ The Original Agahnim (2021)