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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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The fallout was largely documented on the cat haven’s Facebook page with posts of veterinary and haven staff working together to administer heart compressions on the large black cat lying on the medical table.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Fight back and protect the people who administer elections.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The staff who created the clinic thought: why not use one of those vacant units to administer vaccines?

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Such a system would be more complex, more expensive to administer and could ultimately undermine the broad public support that has sustained Social Security for nearly a century.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

So did the two regents left in Qosqo by Wayna Qhapaq to administer the empire.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

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

From Salon May 17, 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

The Falklands are located about 600 km east of Argentina's southernmost tip and administered by Britain.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

A prize that requires consensus among people who disagree about nearly everything is harder to pull toward any one agenda than a prize administered by allies.

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

The firm did not specify how people will be asked to apply, but the program will be administered by an independent third party unaffiliated with the company, the district attorney’s office said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

Then she did something that generally works pretty well on me: She administered the Silent Treatment.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

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

If I lose both my father and brother in a short period, I expect to be responsible for administering the trust and managing the house for my niece.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

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

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




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