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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Identifying the cellular mechanisms behind their effects could help scientists develop treatments that are both effective and safer to administer.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

After a 15-year hiatus, he was back in 2014, this time as a bishop appointed by Pope Francis to administer the diocese of Chiclayo.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

There are currently no regulations in the aesthetics industry, and some people believe that practitioners like Summer shouldn't be allowed to offer and administer these treatments.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

That’s how the doctors knew to administer the treatment before surgery.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

“There is one, isn’t there? Some mathematical formula which tells the proper dose to administer according to height and weight, that sort of thing?”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Each state administers its own elections and has its own rules for counting and processing votes.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

In Maine, which is among the states most dependent on heating oil, the state’s housing authority, aka MaineHousing, administers the federal Low-Income Energy Assistance Program.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 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

His wife, Rosita, administers first aid to migrants.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Together, they established more than 60 recommendations covering how phages should be selected, tested, manufactured, administered, and monitored.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

He gave no details about how the reward would be administered or funded.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Kelly found her husband unresponsive, alerted authorities and administered CPR.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Qlex is administered by injection, rather than intravenously, and got approved by the Food and Drug Administration last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

He delivered the bad news when needed and administered a strict, no-nonsense form of discipline that mainly worked by keeping students so in fear of the threat of getting in trouble that they behaved.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

As a result, administering the same treatment again may be difficult or impossible, even if its benefits begin to fade.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Padilla stressed that the new Senate observers would have no role in administering elections or handling ballots.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Most of the time, little information is available to the public about the people administering the lethal injection, as the states do not usually share what training they have had.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The secretary of state is in charge of administering statewide elections, providing information about ballot measures and candidates to voters and overseeing campaign financing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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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