they're looking for someone to administrate the new division
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Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait, through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped in peacetime.—Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026 As talks continued, Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime.—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty.—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 Men create; women administrate.—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for administrate
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Etymology
borrowed from Latin administrātus, past participle of administrāre "to administer"