oversight
The origin and history of oversight.
Etymology
Built from over- + sight, so it literally covers both "watching over" and "looking past" something — hence its two opposite-feeling meanings.
The origin and history of oversight.
Built from over- + sight, so it literally covers both "watching over" and "looking past" something — hence its two opposite-feeling meanings.
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