How to Use oversight in a Sentence

oversight

noun
  • The new manager was given oversight of the project.
  • The error was a simple oversight.
  • The fact that you didn't get an invitation is surely just an oversight.
  • O’Rourke blames both the skill of the craftsmen and the lax oversight of the codes for the continued problem.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The software on the cars was claimed to have been an error, an oversight.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • When that occurs, the pilots can leave the cockpits and oversight can be from the ground.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But critics argue the lack of oversight opens the door for abuse.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The oversight of time zones was assigned to the DOT to help keep track of transportation.
    — Jennifer Sangalang, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Ariwite said his lack of an apology to the tribe in the letter was an oversight.
    — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2022
  • This is in keeping with a board member’s oversight role.
    — Amy Glynn, Forbes, 11 June 2022
  • That the oversight has not been corrected is, perhaps, a sign of his standing in the program.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Users were storing their funds in a black box and had no oversight into how they were being stored.
    — Roomy Khan, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The result was no oversight for the bankrupt crypto exchange.
    — Vicky Ge Huang, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Still, oversight of Ready to Work by the City Council has been relatively lax.
    — Diego Mendoza-Moyers, San Antonio Express-News, 1 Dec. 2022
  • In April 2021, Sherin asked the oversight commission to allow the project to tap Medicaid funds.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The idea was to give kids the freedom to buy things on their own, while also allowing parents oversight.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Carlson stepped down from day-to-day oversight of the website after landing his show on Fox News and sold his stake in the outlet in 2020.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Democrats fear that a unit without proper oversight could lead to problems.
    — Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 9 May 2023
  • Some of the public at the meeting spoke out against the DOJ’s potential oversight, concerned the city might rollover when the time came to sign a consent decree.
    — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 11 Jan. 2024
  • State leaders say the court ruling increased the urgency to put state oversight in place.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
  • To what extent premiums might rise even with the state’s oversight is unclear.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Vern Pierson of the oversight, and that Dahl’s children had never been told that she was no longer considered guilty.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2024
  • Until that day comes, our state schools are now, at the very least, legally allowed to have some oversight on what and how the players are being paid.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2023
  • The claim highlights the tragic oversight and the family’s pursuit of justice.
    — Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Yet, the deposits are a stark reminder that antitrust oversight is no match for a banking crisis.
    — Don Muir, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • With the lack of oversight on private firearm sales, dealers may not adhere to age requirements.
    — The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
  • With careful oversight and taking one small taste at a time, Mokos was able to eat first a half-cup of applesauce, then smoothies and soup.
    — Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Erika and Byron thought the school lacked proper oversight and planning.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
  • So throwing more regulations and oversight at charter schools as AB 84 requires is the answer for districts that didn’t do their jobs?
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
  • Roberts, who joined the firm in 2022 as its first general counsel, will continue his oversight of Ware Malcomb’s legal functions while providing counsel to its offices in the Americas.
    — Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 22 May 2025

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