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
Individuals will be able to choose to have a doctor administer a lethal dose intravenously, as happens in Spain, Canada, New Zealand and most of Australia.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 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
I turned to pass the tea set to my sister, so she could administer justice however she saw fit, but when I saw her expression I nearly dropped it.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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