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administer

[ad-min-uh-ster] / ædˈmɪn ə stər /




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Even if you are his legal next of kin, it does not obligate you to administer his estate or arrange the funeral.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Judges take an oath to administer justice “without respect to persons.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In 2002, Congress created the Election Assistance Commission to administer the Help America Vote Act, which assists states in reforming their elections.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Davids — who grew up in South Africa, where culturally it’s common for grandmothers to administer enemas to children in rural areas — does a coffee enema twice per month.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

We stood, abeyant, ready to receive what shock fate should administer.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

I know of a nurse in San Francisco who screeches her car to a stop when she spots a person in bodily distress and administers CPR if appropriate.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

On Friday, more than 100,000 Muslims performed the weekly Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa, according to the Islamic Waqf, the Jordanian body that administers the site.

From Barron's Apr. 10, 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

ETS, which administers testing for teachers, also declined.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

“You might be surprised who administers the penalties.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Some passengers were frantically clinging to the hull of the partially submerged vessel, he said, as rescuers administered CPR to a man on a San Francisco police boat.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Barzar started to put a small amount of his paycheck into the account administered by T. Rowe Price, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The exact number of cases may never even be known, because family disputes are administered via county-level probate courts and there’s no national tracking of these cases.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Since the SIR exercise began on 4 November 2025 across 12 states and federally administered territories, about 60 million names have been removed from the electoral rolls.

From BBC Jun. 29, 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

“Much of the voting public probably knows little about the process of administering US elections,” it says, “which could allow false narratives to gain traction.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In France, non-medical practitioners are prohibited from administering injectable cosmetic treatments.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

“But we can’t do that if the states that are administering those programs are allowing those programs to be fleeced by fraudsters.”

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 2026

The state reportedly spent about $5 million administering the special election, while outside groups poured nearly $100 million into campaigns surrounding the referendum.

From Barron's May 8, 2026

“I can't take over the job of administering justice,” he replied.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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