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
Typically, they hire benefits firms or insurance companies just to administer their plans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Their benefits erode over time; unchanging income and asset tests reduce the eligible population; and they are expensive to administer.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
Only then is a doctor authorized to administer the lethal drugs on the date and time the patient has chosen.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
“All CFers know how to administer their own treatments. We’re practically doctors by the time we’re twelve.”
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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