administer

Example Sentences

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With his older brother John, he ran a school, having left a previous teaching post from a disinclination to administer corporal punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

And through his new scientific network, he met a professor at the University of Queensland able to administer the fine-tuned treatment.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Typically, they hire benefits firms or insurance companies just to administer their plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The constitution explicitly gives states the power to regulate and administer the “times, places and manner of holding elections,” but Congress “may at any time by law make or alter such regulations.”

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

“I do. I just took a break to administer the tests. Most of the time I’m here.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth