ADMINISTERED Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

administered

verb

past tense of administer

as in distributed

to give out (something) to appropriate individuals the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules

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as in enforced

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

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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 Narcan was reportedly administered, and paramedics tried to resuscitate her. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Carvajal, a law student who created and administered one of the group chats, was suspended for two years, until May 2028. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 The program is administered by the Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW). — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 The fighting on the Ethiopian side of the border stems from a territorial dispute between the Oromia and Somali regional administrations, aggravated by the killing of a 13-year-old girl in an area administered by the Somali regional administration. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 The vaccine must then be manufactured, shipped, and administered on schedule, followed by years of monitoring. — Karen E. Knudsen, STAT, 27 Oct. 2026 But Lanitis began experiencing severe pain in her upper abdomen within a few hours of being administered the acid. — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 If a provider offers Letybo as a skin booster or for body contouring, confirm it is being administered off-label by someone with specific training in that technique. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026 Across the state, more than 39,000 measles vaccines were administered during the first three weeks of October – higher than an average of 25,000 vaccines administered across the state in one month, the health department said. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

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The combination of large-scale pre-training, distributed post-training and feedback-driven learning after deployment forms the basis of GO-3 Preview.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
If accepted, student aid is distributed first to schools to cover tuition and fees, but any leftover money is deposited into bank accounts controlled by the fraudsters.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026

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This distinction matters because Americans often think of law as something established and enforced by the state.

— Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
But those laws must be enforced consistently along with our obligations to protect people from persecution or torture, including when removal to a third country could expose them to such harm or lead to their forcible return to Nicaragua.

— Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

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At a news conference Monday, the country’s director of public security, Obeidallah Maaytah, said that law enforcement tracked down the individuals involved in that attack and, after a shootout, managed to arrest them and seize their weapons.

— Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
In contrast, participants who kept training just once or twice a week managed to hold onto a significant portion of their blood pressure reductions.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of managed

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ANYbotics performed a comprehensive ignition-risk assessment for ANYmal X’s service life and implemented safeguards for each potential ignition source.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
In the aftermath of September 11th, the Bush Administration implemented a national registry that required immigrant boys and men from twenty-four Muslim-majority countries to register with the government.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of implemented

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In tests, algorithms using F³ operated roughly two to five times faster than previous approaches.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
One of the helicopters was operated by Jerry Trimble Helicopters, a helicopter flight training school and rental service for private flights, the company said in a statement.

— Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of operated

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The restoration was funded by Frameline and supervised by The Estate of Barbara Hammer and Brydie O’Connor.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
The playground is supervised by staff members, called playworkers, who do their best not to interfere but are available in case of emergencies.

— Marina Lopes, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

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