administer
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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
“Despite the significant efforts from specialists to administer care, medical treatment and extensive testing, veterinarians did not identify one definitive cause for her poor condition,” the center said on its website.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 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
“I will administer a tonic to your forefinger. Our Elixir of Light.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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
“We will ensure 100% security of all kinds,” said Abhishek Singh, the director general of the National Testing Agency, which administers the exam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
The drop represents nearly 47% of the state’s participants in the program better known as food stamps and includes about 180,000 children, according to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, which administers the program.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
“You might be surprised who administers the penalties.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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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
For relatively complicated reasons, some low earners whose employer used what's known as a Net Pay Arrangement pension scheme received less than those whose pension was administered through a Relief at Source scheme.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 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
“No drug or medicine in any form was administered to the president,” he will later note.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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Establishing and administering a trust can involve significant legal, accounting and administrative expenses, and any investment income from that trust may be subject to high federal income-tax rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
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
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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