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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

It will also administer and implement a process to decommission and store heavy weapons, military production sites, depots of weapons, and tunnels.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

She slept in the room that adjoined her mother’s, ready at any moment to run in and administer her potions, hold her bedpan, or straighten her pillows.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

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

The Stacys and other families filed formal requests in September 2023 to the attorney general’s office, then led by Merrick Garland, which administers the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

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

From Salon May 17, 2026

“You might be surprised who administers the penalties.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Chinese regulators first granted approval for CAR-T therapy to be administered to overseas patients in 2021.

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

Fearing the man suffered crush injuries, paramedics reached his arm through the trash and administered medication through an IV as the two-hour rescue stretched on, he said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Currently, people receiving means-tested benefits are entitled to the one-off £150 Warm Home Discount over the winter, something administered by the energy suppliers themselves.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

In vain Amy telegraphed the word ‘talk’, tried to draw her out, and administered covert pokes with her foot.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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

It is common practice for the state to consider aligning its tax code with the federal structure to make filing taxes easier and administering them more cheaply.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 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

“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

As with so many other things, time is the key factor—speed in discovering the deficiency, and speed in administering hormonal substitutes.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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