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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Hobbs asked for an additional $48.4 million in her 2027 budget proposal to help the department administer SNAP.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

Desperate to help his sick dog, one Australian man went down the ultimate ChatGPT research hole, using artificial intelligence to design a personalised experimental treatment and finding top scientists to administer it.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

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

He revised his will to transfer all his wealth into a trust named after the year of his birth, which the lawyer and accountant would administer.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“Never dreamed they’d attempt to administer the Kiss on an innocent boy.... Completely out of control...no, I’ll have them packed off back to Azkaban tonight.... Perhaps we should think about dragons at the school entrance....”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling




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