administer
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Fight back and protect the people who administer elections.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 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
After making sure her funeral arrangements are carried out, can I decline or resign from serving as executor, or would I still be legally obligated to administer the estate?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Leonie Powling, 19, had been working in the nearby cafe and recalled watching people administer CPR to those pulled from the water.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“He could appoint the Bishop of Rochester to administer the terms of peace....”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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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 College Board, which administers the SAT, said about 6.7% of students taking the exam got extra time last year, compared with 2% a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 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
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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
EVs administered without the MAP scaffold failed to produce comparable blood vessel repair.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
But the other religious recognitions worn by Girl Scouts are developed and administered by outside faith organizations.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
There were to be several sessions of the test administered over the weekend; they made plans for Reynie to attend the very first session.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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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
But the process of administering justice is far more subjective and messy than we often admit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
But Plymouth isn’t Congress, and a municipal historical commission isn’t administering federal Indian affairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Bystanders - including Craig Bowe, who made three rescue attempts - have been praised for trying to help, including administering CPR to the Rahmans, who were from Ilford.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tumors of the kidneys have been induced in hamsters by administering estrogens.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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