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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Even if you are his legal next of kin, it does not obligate you to administer his estate or arrange the funeral.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

The proposition would allow the California Housing Finance Agency to issue up to $25 billion in revenue bonds to administer the program.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

During that visit, carers help her into bed, provide her evening meal and administer night-time medication, including sleeping tablets.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

If the federal government could administer proctored tests in the 1950s, it can do so now.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

“Never dreamed they’d attempt to administer the Kiss on an innocent boy.... Completely out of control...no, I’ll have them packed off back to Azkaban tonight.... Perhaps we should think about dragons at the school entrance....”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

The College Board, which administers the SAT, said about 6.7% of students taking the exam got extra time last year, compared with 2% a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

He grooms them, administers their daily doses of medicine by hand and recognizes their individual personalities.

From Salon May 17, 2026

Emergency services are contacted in fewer than 2% of calls, according to Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit organization that administers 988, and most of these dispatches are made with the caller’s consent.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Done Together sourced funding from Adferiad, which administers the Welsh government's culture grants scheme for projects supporting diversity, equality and inclusion.

From BBC Apr. 1, 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

Just 12 years later, the Norsemen administered another hammer blow to English soccer’s fragile psyche, overcoming the Three Lions 2-0 in a 1993 qualifying game that contributed to England missing the 1994 World Cup entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

It is almost always fatal once symptoms appear in humans, but treatment administered before this point can be successful.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

And despite the rules stating that a challenge from behind with studs-on-calf contact and a level of force should be a red card — no card was administered.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

The exact number of cases may never even be known, because family disputes are administered via county-level probate courts and there’s no national tracking of these cases.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

To ease the dying man, he administered a dose of calomel and placed loaves of hot bread around his body.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

During the appointment, Sawyer offered to inject up to a litre of filler, provided prescription-only medicines without a prescription being issued and suggested administering local anaesthetic without a prescriber present.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh were among those in attendance on Friday, with the former administering the oath of office to Warsh.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

“But we can’t do that if the states that are administering those programs are allowing those programs to be fleeced by fraudsters.”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

Cantwell urged Kennedy to require contractors administering WISeR to respond to standard claims within 72 hours and urgent claims within 24 hours.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

And they did: “My friends inform me that Mr. A. speaks of me with great friendship,” Jefferson observed, “and with satisfaction in the prospect of administering the government in concurrence with me.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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