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administering

ADJECTIVE
managing
Synonyms
STRONG
admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing overseeing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising
Antonyms
STRONG
subordinate
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
NOUN
administration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule
STRONG
application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance
WEAK
directing overseeing
Antonyms
STRONG
disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect
NOUN
application
Synonyms
STRONGEST
treatment
STRONG
administration rubbing
WEAK
applying creaming dosing oiling

Example Sentences

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The state reportedly spent about $5 million administering the special election, while outside groups poured nearly $100 million into campaigns surrounding the referendum.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Police can then be seen administering CPR and later footage shows the suspect being lifted on a stretcher into an ambulance.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

CMS should publicly report the number of denials issued through WISeR and the financial gains realized by contractors administering the program, Cantwell said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Recognizing this, some oncologists have begun administering drugs with restraint rather than abandon, aiming to keep the cancer in check rather than creating conditions that predispose to the rapid growth of resistant cells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

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

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