officiating

adjective

as in overseeing

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Recent Examples of officiating Following a 33-32 victory over the New York Giants in Week 7 of the 2025 season while playing for the Denver Broncos, Greenlaw chased and verbally threatened referee Brad Allen as the officiating crew was leaving the field. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The controversy was the talk of college football on the long holiday weekend, with many questions surrounding how the officiating crew decided to put the second back on the clock and give Michigan one more try at the win. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 For Engelbert, this is part of the adjustment to the new officiating expectations set by the task force. — Roberta F. Rodrigues, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The league implemented an officiating task force earlier this year to address increased foul calls and enforcement of game rules. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Forward Dillon Brooks, who fouled out of Game 2 with just 25 seconds remaining, criticized both the officiating style and the frequency of free throws. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 Suns forward Dillon Brooks, who fouled out of Game 2 with just 25 seconds remaining, took aim at both the officiating style and SGA’s ability to draw fouls. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for officiating
  1. supervisory
  2. senior
  3. controlling
  4. ruling
  5. high-level
  6. managing
Adjective
  • Over the summer Frasers bought Harvey Nichols out of administration, increased its stake in Hugo Boss to nearly 50 percent and installed its CEO, Michael Murray, as chairman of the supervisory board of the German company.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Police departments across the network can then conduct searches without warrants or supervisory approval.
    — Henry F. Fradella, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of supervisory
Adjective
  • The agency, which reps for PR the likes of Danny Dyer, Lolly Adefope and Shazad Latif along with BAFTA and numerous production companies, has a new senior leader team led by founder and CEO Will Wood.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The executive, who was worked alongside three of Chanel’s four official creative directors, is the last of a generation of senior executives to remain in place, following the arrival in 2021 of Leena Nair as global chief executive officer of Chanel.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of senior
Adjective
  • Other light-responsive materials that hide and reveal colours illustrate how controlling visibility could have uses beyond body art.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Rivian, still a major non-controlling shareholder, factors into that roadmap too, since its growing fleet of on-road vehicles generates the driving data Also will eventually need to train its own autonomy systems.
    — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of controlling
Adjective
  • This was demonstrated in Hungary in April, when opposition leader Péter Magyar convincingly won an election against a long-ruling, right-wing authoritarian.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The event was attended by senior figures from the ruling Socialist Party, including Nahum Fernández and Caracas Mayor Carmen Meléndez, according to information released by Maduro Guerra.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of ruling
Adjective
  • Instead of flying the drone remotely with individual controls, the F-22 pilot sent high-level tactical instructions that the drone’s onboard autonomy software interpreted and executed.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Belting out random songs while delivering high-level physical comedy and acting takes skill.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of high-level
Adjective
  • Larry Berg, the co-managing owner of LAFC, was chosen Monday to become the third commissioner in MLS history when Don Garber retires in December.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the data suggests most women aren’t choosing—they’re managing.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of managing

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“Officiating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/officiating. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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