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

And through his new scientific network, he met a professor at the University of Queensland able to administer the fine-tuned treatment.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In Medicare Advantage, private insurers administer federal Medicare benefits for older and disabled Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 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

“He could appoint the Bishop of Rochester to administer the terms of peace....”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White