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superintendency
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌsuː.pər.ɪnˈten.dən.si/ us /ˌsuː.pɚ.ɪnˈten.dən.si/
in the US, the position of a superintendent(= someone in charge of a government department or official activity, who makes sure that rules and laws are obeyed):
The 67-year-old mayor left no doubt on Saturday that his goal was to regain the superintendency.
The data were collected from the Department of Education Superintendency.
He was fired from a previous job - the superintendency of the Yonkers, NY district.
His first superintendency was Princeton, New Jersey, in 2005.
Management problems from his former superintendency in Upstate New York have followed him.
He will start the job with the experience of two urban superintendencies.
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