administered

verb

past tense of administer
1
as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules

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2
as in enforced
to carry out effectively local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered

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3
as in managed
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 administered Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The vaccine has been administered in a single dose for more than 40 years and has been rigorously studied. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 There have been 2,487 doses of the MMR vaccine administered in Pennsylvania this year. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The recommendations would upend decades of federal guidance on which vaccines are administered to children, just as the school year is about to begin in many states. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 In addition, the order recommends that childhood immunizations be administered at separate medical visits, which in practice could more than double the number of doctor appointments for children — and could mean more copays, as well. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 The main changes come to the MMR vaccine — short for measles, mumps, and rubella — which right now, is administered in two doses. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 The project is administered by the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Office of Construction, District 3 in New Haven, according to the DOT. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 Doctors collected healthy blood-forming stem cells from her body, then administered high-dose chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells in her bone marrow. — Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administered
  1. distributed
  2. enforced
  3. managed
  4. dispensed
  5. implemented
  6. operated
  7. provided
  8. supervised
Verb
  • The company said its network reaches more than 700 million viewers in India and is distributed in over 150 countries.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Within urban communities Hoodoo became increasingly commercialized, its ritual material distributed through supply houses, sold in stores, and advertised in the growing African American media.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
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  • The judgment, where the boundaries go, which way the arrows point, what must stay changeable and what gets enforced rather than hoped, stays human.
    — Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her text prompt still went through MiniMax’s servers, meaning Moore’s video suggests that copyright safeguards are not being properly enforced.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enforced
Verb
  • While daytime staffing at its Sharp Mesa Vista behavioral health hospital already meets requirements, overnight shifts have been managed based on the number of patients in beds and on the severity of their illnesses.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Old Trafford club are targeting a new left-back to alternate with Luke Shaw, because the 31-year-old’s fitness needs to be managed.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of managed
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  • That’s the takeaway from an incident in the small city of Chuzhou, China, after a large langue model dispensed some advice that led to the untimely death of 25 acres worth of produce.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The clarifying agent can be dispensed into the water via the app while the robot is making its rounds, and it is designed to help keep your pool water sparkling.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispensed
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  • While the company implemented the measures, the number of complaints grew to more than 4,200 as the odors persisted.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The plane’s fan blades had last been inspected less than three weeks before because of a rule implemented after a similar incident.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of implemented
Verb
  • Firestar operated a large factory inside Surat’s Special Economic Zone, a duty-free enclave that allowed the company to cut, polish and manufacture jewelry for export markets.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Our navigation system, flood damage reduction projects, and water supply reservoirs are operated and maintained by people most Arkansans will never hear about.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of operated
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  • Instead, the rain dissipated around noon, the temperature dropped, and a slight breeze provided a slight reprieve to the corn-sweat humidity that engulfs this region every August.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The funding would reimburse services provided to Oakland County residents, including cancer screenings, annual wellness exams, STI testing and treatment, contraception, and reproductive health counseling.
    — Alysia Burgio, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of provided
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  • Becoming a therapist requires years of education, supervised practice, licensing examinations and often substantial student debt.
    — Wayne Lonstein, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, Kim supervised tests of a nuclear-capable cruise missile and other weapons aboard a new 5,000-ton destroyer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervised

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