1
as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules
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2
as in to enforce
to carry out effectively
local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered
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3
as in to manage
to look after and make decisions about
the lieutenant governor administers the affairs of the state in the absence of the governor
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Recent Examples of administer
At Friday’s hearing, Brown also reiterated that hosting a recall election would cost Jackson County taxpayers about $2 million, with about $800,000 of the cost administered by the Kansas City Election Board.
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
The doses are administered over the course of 14 days.
—Tony Leys, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The program, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered by Colorado’s over 68 public housing agencies, has never been able to meet the needs of all the people in the state who are eligible to receive vouchers.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
The line of credit will be administered through JPMorgan Chase Bank.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2025
The doses are administered over the course of 14 days.
—Tony Leys, AZCentral.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The program, funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and administered by Colorado’s over 68 public housing agencies, has never been able to meet the needs of all the people in the state who are eligible to receive vouchers.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 1 Aug. 2025
The line of credit will be administered through JPMorgan Chase Bank.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for administer
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Half of it will be distributed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, while the other half will flow to states to then send to hospitals.—
Meg Cunningham,
Kansas City Star,
13 Aug. 2025
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Fremantle distributed the original across more than 170 territories, with Turkish viewers accessing it through Digiturk, Tabii, Turkcell TV+ and Puhu TV.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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Deployments have been used to enforce civil rights, quell urban violence, and, once, even to fill in for striking postal workers.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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In addition, European officials pushed Washington to use its economic leverage to enforce any ceasefire with strict consequences for Moscow, if violated.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Uber's operational model prioritizes rapid market entry with standardized processes that can be quickly deployed across new cities, often learning and adapting on the fly while managing the complexity of hundreds of simultaneous markets.—
Tima Bansal,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The process would be vastly easier to manage if not for that pesky academic calendar.—
Jon Wilner,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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The feeders will dispense between four and six pounds of food for the carp four times a day, and commercial fishers contracted by the Minnesota DNR will fish the surrounding area Aug. 4-8, Sept. 2-5 and Sept. 30 to Oct. 3.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Likewise, in Midwestern Enterprises, Inc. v. Stenehjem, the North Dakota Supreme Court addressed a telephone card vending machine that dispensed a two-minute telephone card, plus a chance to win up to $500 in cash for every dollar paid.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Alonso and his collaborators wanted to implement a method in which the players showed more intensity in training.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
16 Aug. 2025
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The arrest has raised questions about how DJS handles youth crime, especially as the agency, under acting director Betsy Fox Tolentino, implements changes.—
Keith Daniels,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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The official supervising Ghana’s effort to build its first nuclear plant admitted to Semafor last year that the country would miss its own 2030 deadline.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The focus is no longer on doing the process, but on designing, supervising and improving it.—
Dutt Kalluri,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The statement noted that Morgan Stanley had provided assessment to the exec board and Goldman Sachs the same to the supervisory board.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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The ending scene of a lifelike Trump is also presented as a faux public service announcement, referencing Trump’s claim that the Paramount settlement will provide him $20 million worth of advertising and PSAs.—
Conor Murray,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Leanne heads up campaigns, imagery and branding alongside retail and the overall running of the company, while Guy steers production, wholesale partnerships and generally oversees the finished products.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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As part of the newsroom, all of Alyssa's work and coverage decisions are overseen solely by Journal Sentinel editors.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Administer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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