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What is the noun for oversight?

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oversight
  1. An omission; something that is left out, missed or forgotten.
  2. Supervision or management.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Whatever the reason may be, it has been, as we shall see, a costly oversight.”
      “The result, of course, was an acquittal of the Capuchins from all designed blame, but not from censurable inattention and oversight.”
      “Negligence and oversight are insufficient reasons for granting an extension of time to file an appeal.”
overseer
  1. One who oversees or supervises.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Though they had no true slaves of their own they paid an overseer off the Bend to take Abel out neath a tree overlooking the river.”
      “A few weeks later he advertised for twelve dogs and a working overseer to take charge of the rabbit catchers.”
      “Overall, the railroad industry and its federal overseer have long been closely intertwined.”
overseeress
overseership
  1. The role or office of overseer.
overseerships
  1. plural of overseership
overseeresses
  1. plural of overseeress
oversights
  1. plural of oversight
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In the past year, numerous media accounts have revealed screw-ups, miscalculations and oversights.”
      “These oversights are rather limiting for a text that purports to serve as a sourcebook.”
      “Informants lost to historical representation by virtue of the aporia or oversights of historical conventions were not my primary concern.”
overseers
  1. plural of overseer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Gone are the shadowy streets of Manhattan, skyscrapers blotting out the sun like overseers to the perversion playing out below.”
      “Accounts of plantation life confirm that women gave their labor unwillingly and were a constant source of frustration to managers and overseers.”
      “Lehner speculates that the Eastern town housed skilled craftsmen, artisans, stone masons, quarrymen, overseers, and officials.”
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