administer

Example Sentences

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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

While insurers that administer Medicaid benefits have an incentive to police fraud, autism treatment has become a fee-for-service free-for-all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

"SLC's role is to administer government student finance policy, supporting customers to understand their eligibility, how to apply, their repayment obligations and how repayments are processed," they said.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Only then is a doctor authorized to administer the lethal drugs on the date and time the patient has chosen.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“There is one, isn’t there? Some mathematical formula which tells the proper dose to administer according to height and weight, that sort of thing?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt