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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Future versions could potentially be taken as an oral tablet, which could make the treatment easier to administer and potentially broaden its use beyond mesothelioma.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

States will then purchase vaccines through the agency to administer at no cost under the Vaccines for Children program or to a program for uninsured or underinsured adults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

She said the Fed could still hold rates steady rather than administer that medicine, but it would have to explain its decision clearly to markets.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

“Despite the significant efforts from specialists to administer care, medical treatment and extensive testing, veterinarians did not identify one definitive cause for her poor condition,” the center said on its website.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

After Chella died, he was moved into her corner, the corner that Kuttappen imagined was the corner of his home that Death had reserved to administer her deathly affairs.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

On average, families complete the five-year program with $8,500 in savings, according to Compass Working Capital, one of the HUD partners that administers the program and also provides financial coaching to tenants who participate.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Lawton's letter was sent from a company called Equiniti, which administers the pension scheme on behalf of the MoD.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Stacys and other families filed formal requests in September 2023 to the attorney general’s office, then led by Merrick Garland, which administers the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The third-party certifying body administers random testing throughout the growing process and tests each product that arrives at the company’s New Jersey warehouse before it is released to stores, according to the website.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Every four years, an international group of educators administers a comprehensive mathematics and science test to elementary and junior high students around the world.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

A long-term infrastructure plan administered with two-year budgeting “sets clear priorities, identifies the projects that need to get done, and plans how to fund them over time,” proponents said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

After their sea crossing, Yemeni refugees have made their way by truck and on foot to this camp, jointly administered by the government and the UN.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

And what types of evaluations should be administered?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

In its 2026 review, the European Food Safety Authority noted that the compounds detected in the rat study could have been impurities already present in the administered sucralose.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

The pigs had sent out a large bottle of pink medicine which they had found in the medicine chest in the bathroom, and Clover administered it to Boxer twice a day after meals.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

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

If my trust remains unfunded, who pays the expenses of administering my estate/trust, such as attorney fees, cremation, and other costs?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

It is common practice for the state to consider aligning its tax code with the federal structure to make filing taxes easier and administering them more cheaply.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

“I can't take over the job of administering justice,” he replied.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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