administer
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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
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
It's part of a health visitor's job to remind parents about vaccines and, in some cases, administer jabs directly.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Only the strongest wizards in the district could administer this potion—a kind of paste made from the burned and ground bones of leopards and lions, and mixed with roots and herbs.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
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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
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, whose agency administers the tariffs, has said he wants to bring many of those supply chains to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 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
His wife, Rosita, administers first aid to migrants.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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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 Falklands are located about 600 km east of Argentina's southernmost tip and administered by Britain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Those entitled are low earners who have missed out on the money because of the way their pension is administered.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Since 1963 it has been administered by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy and open to the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Spoke of those gradually increasing doses of pituitary administered during the final ninety-six metres of their course.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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Establishing and administering a trust can involve significant legal, accounting and administrative expenses, and any investment income from that trust may be subject to high federal income-tax rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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
But the process of administering justice is far more subjective and messy than we often admit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We’ve spent a ton of resources in Minneapolis combating fraud, and that includes a very intense look at the leadership and the programs and who’s administering them,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Wasn’t she taken away from you and taken to the hospital at Pawhuska? Weren’t you administering insulin to her?”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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