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administering

noun as in application

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At night, high on the tranquilizers the staff administers to orphans—this is the early 1960s—she practices tactics in bed, staring up at a chess board that she hallucinates on the ceiling.

A 2017 study, based on surveys administered before and after the 2012 election, found that “belief in election fraud is a common and predictable consequence of both underlying conspiratorial thinking and motivated partisan reasoning.”

Many of the available antigen tests require machines to read the results or someone who’s trained to administer the test.

The patches don’t have the same cold temperature requirements for storage that the syringe-based measles vaccine does, says Moss, and the adhesive-backed patches can be administered with minimal training.

Second, elections are administered, and House districts drawn, by partisan politicians.

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She was administering CPR when an FDNY ambulance arrived and those paramedics took over.

Sure, I can counsel concerned parents that none of the childhood vaccines I will be administering contain thimerosal.

The first shot of his face is sort-of a peek-a-boo in between bouts of administering some, um, oral pleasure.

Administering chemotherapy in hospital outpatient settings is even more expensive, studies show.

The evidence against administering the MMR vaccine to healthy individuals is utterly without merit.

Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.

The number of Boas-Oppler bacilli can be increased by administering a few ounces of sugar of milk the day before the examination.

In the early days of administering the patent law injunctions were granted against infringers.

The British system of administering justice is one that in many particulars we could imitate to advantage in this country.

She had an artless way of administering cruel stabs to her female acquaintances which frequently turned them into enemies.

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On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to administering, such as: admonishing, advising, controlling, executing, governing, and guiding.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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