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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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She said the Fed could still hold rates steady rather than administer that medicine, but it would have to explain its decision clearly to markets.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 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

This, though, could be a nightmare to design and administer, and discourage the use of AI to benefit all humanity, such as new drug discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Many of these people died, Carey pointed out, “without a human being to hand them a drink of water, to administer medicines, or to perform any charitable office for them.”

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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

The third-party certifying body administers random testing throughout the growing process and tests each product that arrives at the company’s New Jersey warehouse before it is released to stores, according to the website.

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 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

In its 2026 review, the European Food Safety Authority noted that the compounds detected in the rat study could have been impurities already present in the administered sucralose.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

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

Those entitled are low earners who have missed out on the money because of the way their pension is administered.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

“I administered, an antidote but hours ago. Do not try to rise yet.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

The order was quickly appealed, which in effect allowed the city to continue administering the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

But the process of administering justice is far more subjective and messy than we often admit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Until recently - and on the basis of the MoU - Iran had been involved in negotiations with Oman, a US ally, to agree a mechanism for administering the strait.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

“Wasn’t she taken away from you and taken to the hospital at Pawhuska? Weren’t you administering insulin to her?”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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