Thesaurus results for STEWARDSHIP

stewardship

noun

ˈstü-ərd-ˌship

Definition of stewardship

as in management

the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something generally the dean left the day-to-day stewardship of the college to the assistant dean

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as in oversight

the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone's responsibility

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Recent Examples of stewardship Her major priorities include fiscal stewardship, student outcomes and transparent governance. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 For decades, prudent stewardship meant protecting wealth from uncertainty. — Walid Chiniara, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The White House didn't respond to a request for comment on Steiner's remarks or his stewardship of the Postal Service. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment on Steiner’s remarks or his stewardship of the Postal Service. — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stewardship

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Noun

While some financial advisors have asset minimums, others may charge one-time, hourly or monthly fees rather than a percentage for assets under management.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
That’s because bank stocks are particularly difficult to forecast, given that their performance depends heavily on macro factors rather than information that management might have about the company.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of management

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The merger means that the NCAA March Madness college basketball championship will be under a single company’s oversight for the first time in years.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Audit committee members naming AI governance a priority jumped to 35% in Deloitte and the Center for Audit Quality’s 2025 survey, up from 20% the year before, and the share of committees taking primary AI oversight rose from 14% to 20%.

— Eshaan Jain, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of oversight

Noun

Kobzev said everyone who came into contact with the woman is under medical supervision.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
An investigation by The New York Times revealed that China and Iran have used Chinese open-source models to run propaganda campaigns through AI agents with limited human supervision.

— RENÉE DIRESTA, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervision

Noun

The heritage leadership that’s been here throughout these changes are good at that adaptability piece.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Navy officials initially said leadership had not observed an increase in suicidal ideations or attempts aboard the ship.

— Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of leadership

Noun

Polls show Americans increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of gasoline and groceries, with just 17% approving of his handling of inflation.

— Melissa Goldin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
By 2022, Lula narrowly beat Bolsonaro amid criticism of Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic and fears for the country’s democracy.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of handling

Noun

Heading into the midterm elections, AI now ranks as a key issue in races that will help decide control of both chambers of Congress.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Precise attitude control keeps those instruments pointed at their targets as the satellites race around Earth.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of control

Noun

The court’s decision comes just weeks after the administration erected the first border wall panels in the Big Bend sector in the middle of September.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
An administration official told ABC News that’s because the federal government didn’t collect the user fees in those states.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

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