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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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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

Fight back and protect the people who administer elections.

From Salon Aug. 27, 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

Grant recipients must ensure mental-health consultations are available at least once a month and ensure “collaborative relationships and partnerships with community organizations” that administer welfare programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

When psychologists administer the IAT, they usually don’t use paper and pencil tests like the ones I’ve just given you.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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 Commerce Department, which administers the steel and aluminum tariffs, declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 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

I watch as he puts the thin wafer between her dry lips and administers the cup, murmuring in Latin.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Chinese regulators first granted approval for CAR-T therapy to be administered to overseas patients in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

EVs administered without the MAP scaffold failed to produce comparable blood vessel repair.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

Fearing the man suffered crush injuries, paramedics reached his arm through the trash and administered medication through an IV as the two-hour rescue stretched on, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Currently, people receiving means-tested benefits are entitled to the one-off £150 Warm Home Discount over the winter, something administered by the energy suppliers themselves.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

He read my ticket and then went through a reprise of the just-the-facts interrogation he had administered that afternoon in the Watch Commander’s Office.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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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