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    oversight

    US /ˈoʊvərsaɪt/

    ・

    UK /ˈəʊvəsaɪt/

    C2
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A mistake; something you forget to do
    He didn't thank me, but I'm sure that was just an oversight
    n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Supervision of someone or something
    The girl's behavior required oversight of her activities

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    Prime Minister's Questions: 17 January 2018

    44:53Prime Minister's Questions: 17 January 2018
    • That is standard procedure, and it ensured that there was oversight of Carillion's

      That is standard procedure, and it ensured that there was oversight of Carillion's

    • It is sure that there was oversight of Carillion's contracts with the Government during the appointment process of the Crown representative.

      It is sure that there was oversight of Carillion's contracts with the Government during the appointment process of the Crown representative.

    B1

    21-year-old Air National Guardsman arrested for intelligence documents leak

    04:1121-year-old Air National Guardsman arrested for intelligence documents leak
    • That is exactly what the House Intelligence Chairman told me. They are going to be asking at an oversight hearing as well as why they're not monitoring social media more effectively.

      That is exactly what the House Intelligence Chairman told me. They are going to be asking at an oversight hearing as well as why they're not monitoring social media more effectively.

    • They are going to be asking at an oversight hearing, as well as why they're not monitoring social media more effectively.

      They are going to be asking at an oversight hearing, as well as why they're not monitoring social media more effectively.

    B2

    Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR

    16:04Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
    • Only by participating can we make sure that further research is guided by caution, reason, oversight, and transparency.

      Only by participating can we make sure that further research is guided by caution, reason, oversight, and transparency.

    • reason, oversight and transparency.

      reason, oversight and transparency.

    B1

    Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate

    31:01Watch Jim Lehrer Moderate First Full Presidential Debate
    • there was too much oversight and regulation of Wall Street? Because if you do, then Governor

      there was too much oversight and regulation of Wall Street? Because if you do, then Governor

    • And so the question is, does anybody out there think that the big problem we had is that there was too much oversight and regulation of Wall Street?

      And so the question is, does anybody out there think that the big problem we had is that there was too much oversight and regulation of Wall Street?

    B1

    Casually Explained: Bitcoin

    10:38Casually Explained: Bitcoin
    • Everyone in crypto was like, I mean, there was no oversight or transparency.

      Everyone in crypto was like, I mean, there was no oversight or transparency.

    • Everyone in crypto was like, "I mean, there was no oversight or transparency.

      Everyone in crypto was like, "I mean, there was no oversight or transparency.

    B1

    Your Menstrual Cycle Is More Than Just Your Period

    10:26Your Menstrual Cycle Is More Than Just Your Period
    • is still, shall we say, not the best. In the U.S. for example, federal oversight of sex education is extremely limited, and that means that

      is still, shall we say, not the best. In the U.S. for example, federal oversight of sex education is extremely limited, and that means that

    • In the U.S., for example, federal oversight of sex education is extremely limited,

      In the U.S., for example, federal oversight of sex education is extremely limited,

    B2

    Video captures shooting at Trump rally

    08:08Video captures shooting at Trump rally
    • And the House Oversight Chair, James Comer, just put out a statement saying that he has reached out to the Secret Service director.

      And the House Oversight Chair, James Comer, just put out a statement saying that he has reached out to the Secret Service director.

    • And the House Oversight Chair, James Comer, just put out a statement saying that he has reached out to the Secret Service Director.

      And the House Oversight Chair, James Comer, just put out a statement saying that he has reached out to the Secret Service Director.

    B1

    Cybersecurity training for every job role

    03:09Cybersecurity training for every job role
    • They are oversight and governance, design and development, implementation and operation, protection and defense, investigation, cyberspace intelligence, and cyberspace effects.

      They are oversight and governance, design and development, implementation and operation, protection and defense, investigation, cyberspace intelligence, and cyberspace effects.

    • They are oversight and governance, design and development, implementation and operation, protection and defense, investigation, cyberspace intelligence, and

      They are oversight and governance, design and development, implementation and operation, protection and defense, investigation, cyberspace intelligence, and

    B1

    What is the impact of lithium mining? | BBC News

    08:19What is the impact of lithium mining? | BBC News
    • Leading his community, Sergio has helped secure some economic benefits and oversight from the companies, but he's still worried about plans to ramp up production.

      Leading his community, Sergio has helped secure some economic benefits and oversight from the companies, but he's still worried about plans to ramp up production.

    • Leading his community, Sergio has helped secure some economic benefits and oversight from the companies,

      Leading his community, Sergio has helped secure some economic benefits and oversight from the companies,

    B1

    The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love

    06:18The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
    • Or perhaps our parental figure was constantly at the office or unavailable behind a locked study door. They might have had a violent, unpredictable temper or left us somehow feeling that we were just never good enough for them. As a result, to an extent we may not even have realised, we became experts at independence. We came to associate safety with a high degree of self-protective isolation. We might have become big readers or fascinated by the animal world or obsessed with music or computer games. Without quite knowing we had done so, we learnt never to trust a flesh-and-blood, three-dimensional human again. Our experiences may not have affected the strength of our longing for love, but they have heavily impacted our capacity to endure mutually satisfying relationships. We may now, as adults, tell ourselves that we want closeness and surrender. We will sob sincerely when we lose love, but we are continually taking steps to ensure we will never be at any sustained risk of finding it. The true terror for us is not that love should fail, but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed. For this would ask of us a level of defencelessness and exposure to another person and to a chance of happiness that has no precedent in our lives and poses immense, ego-shattering challenges to the armoured way our personalities have been structured.

      Or perhaps our parental figure was constantly at the office or unavailable behind a locked study door. They might have had a violent, unpredictable temper or left us somehow feeling that we were just never good enough for them. As a result, to an extent we may not even have realised, we became experts at independence. We came to associate safety with a high degree of self-protective isolation. We might have become big readers or fascinated by the animal world or obsessed with music or computer games. Without quite knowing we had done so, we learnt never to trust a flesh-and-blood, three-dimensional human again. Our experiences may not have affected the strength of our longing for love, but they have heavily impacted our capacity to endure mutually satisfying relationships. We may now, as adults, tell ourselves that we want closeness and surrender. We will sob sincerely when we lose love, but we are continually taking steps to ensure we will never be at any sustained risk of finding it. The true terror for us is not that love should fail, but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed. For this would ask of us a level of defencelessness and exposure to another person and to a chance of happiness that has no precedent in our lives and poses immense, ego-shattering challenges to the armoured way our personalities have been structured.

    • but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed.

      but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed.

    B1