Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
superintendence . - noun The office or the place of business of a superintendent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of superintending; superintendence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being a
superintendent - noun countable The act of
superintending
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Examples
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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"The superintendency is a difficult, difficult job, and some people just get worn out," said Bob Griggs of North Richland Hills.
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The upstart committee will look at the numbers behind a split and then make one of three recommendations to the school committee and possibly residents at a town meeting: Stick with the current setup, revert to two independent K-8 school districts, or convert to a system with one superintendent and three districts - a setup called a superintendency union.
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These circumstances, being often repeated, give women the abilities as well as a taste for that kind of superintendency to which, by their prudence and good management, they seem to be in general very equal.
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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These circumstances being often repeated, give women the abilities as well as a taste for that kind of superintendency, to which, by their prudence and good management, they seem to be in general very equal.
Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774
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People think that when you are an educator you clearly aspire to a superintendency or to be secretary of education.
DeMorning DeBonis: Jan. 31, 2011 Mike DeBonis 2011
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