administer
Example Sentences
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States have exclusive authority to govern and administer state and local elections.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
With his older brother John, he ran a school, having left a previous teaching post from a disinclination to administer corporal punishment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Taxpayers can claim federal credits for donations to scholarship organizations, which can administer scholarships in states that opt in—at no state cost.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most of Australia.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Rulers they were, and they often used the courts to maintain control, not to administer justice.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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