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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Preschools receive money from the feds to administer the program—$12 billion this year—with no requirements that they improve outcomes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The staff who created the clinic thought: why not use one of those vacant units to administer vaccines?

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Such a system would be more complex, more expensive to administer and could ultimately undermine the broad public support that has sustained Social Security for nearly a century.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

In California, two FDA-approved antivenom products, CroFab and Anavip, are supplied to hospitals who then can administer to patients in need.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

My Arm v. troublesome this day & I have asked Octavian to heat it a Bath & administer a pill rolled of camphor & gum asafoetida.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The Essequibo region comprises more than two thirds of Guyana, which currently administers it.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

I know of a nurse in San Francisco who screeches her car to a stop when she spots a person in bodily distress and administers CPR if appropriate.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

Brett Bezio, a spokesman for Arizona’s Department of Economic Security, which administers the program there, said work-requirement changes were the primary driver of the drop.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

His wife, Rosita, administers first aid to migrants.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The WHO confirmed that 20,000 doses would be used in a clinical trial to assess the vaccine's effectiveness against Bundibugyo, while 50,000 doses will be administered to front-line health workers.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Keytruda is administered at the same time to help make sure the patient’s immune response activates against the leftover cancer cells.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Ideally, the H5N1 vaccine should be administered in two doses with a gap of three-to-four weeks, Todd said.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Universities operate as a closed economy: centrally administered, collectively resourced, carefully controlled by administrators who hope their plans aid retention efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

When Farmer and his team intervened, proposing a very aggressive combination of MDR drugs—based largely on Farmer’s guesswork—they needed official approval from the Peruvian doctors before the drugs could be administered.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

But Plymouth isn’t Congress, and a municipal historical commission isn’t administering federal Indian affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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

The 36-year-old Democratic congresswoman from New York shared videos of the fertility treatment on social media over the weekend, including footage of herself administering hormone injections.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

If I lose both my father and brother in a short period, I expect to be responsible for administering the trust and managing the house for my niece.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

“You won’t have to do anything, besides administering the test.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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