- present participle of administer.
administering
Example Sentences
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That agreement promised to provide relief from sanctions on oil sales, grant access to Iran’s frozen assets and acknowledge a role for Tehran administering the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for opening the waterway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Minnesota are among a small group of states with a decentralized election system, in which individual cities and towns, rather than counties, are responsible for administering ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
But the process of administering justice is far more subjective and messy than we often admit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bystanders - including Craig Bowe, who made three rescue attempts - have been praised for trying to help, including administering CPR to the Rahmans, who were from Ilford.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
These men were in charge of administering the prisons on a day-to-day basis.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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