ADMINISTERING Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

administering

verb

present participle of administer

as in distributing

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

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as in enforcing

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

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as in managing

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 administering Officers found a man in the parking lot with gunshot wounds and began administering first aid, according to the department. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026 Some Tennessee lawmakers went further, proposing to prohibit providers from administering mRNA vaccines altogether. — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026 The ambulance crew started administering first aid to the victim, later identified as Mejia, but could not save him. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 For decades, the federal government has covered half the cost of administering the SNAP program. — Andrea Lucia, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Harder for doctors and parents On the other side of the process, pediatricians already find the cost of supplying and administering vaccines to be a challenge. — Jennifer Reich, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 The shift injects yet another element of volatility into the work of the federal division in charge of administering billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to states and schools to help students with disabilities. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 In the letter, business groups took issue with third parties administering worker training, arguing that labor groups could use them to prime the workforce for union campaigns. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Secrecy laws like Georgia’s shield the public from awareness of the growing costs of pharmacists concocting drugs and the doctors administering the injections. — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026

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The news organizations take turns filming the president's activities -- rotating in alphabetical order by network name -- and distributing that footage to the other members.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
In Long Beach, where waves slammed into the seawall and homes, crews have been reinforcing portions of the boardwalk and are distributing sandbags.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of distributing

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Earlier this month, Silver Diner filed a lawsuit against Fraport, claiming that the company breached its 2022 contract with the restaurant by enforcing costly renovations at an significantly higher price than initially agreed.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026
So how do leaders coach employees to use it responsibly and productively while maintaining security and enforcing governance across the organization?

— Haris Pylarinos, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of enforcing

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Damman noted that even five minutes of getting the heart rate up after a meal is enough to blunt the post-meal spike, which points to real potential for people managing insulin resistance or a family history of type 2 diabetes.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026
At that bar’s successor, Attaboy, Queen Mary managing partner Dan Smith sampled a take with Concord grapes.

— Amy Cavanaugh, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of managing

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Yet while one state agency was running out of patience with the home, Miami-Dade mental health treatment centers, dispensing Medicaid and other state dollars, had clients living there, and several other homes like it.

— Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
This spring, a 5th Circuit order briefly reinstated in-person dispensing nationwide, but thankfully the Supreme Court stepped in to pause that order and preserve access while the case continues.

— Julie F. Kay, STAT, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of dispensing

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For example, integrating transparency and building explainability into systems and products by implementing ISO standards.

— Punit Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The financial and budget improvement recommendations included implementing the new financial system and conducting an audit of special education staffing and programs, among other proposals.

— Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementing

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Under the agreement, Carpentersville is responsible for supervising detainees, medical care, medical transportation and other expenses but won’t be charged for using the East Dundee jail.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
She was considered his muse, supervising campaigns by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Helmut Newton and in 1994 becoming head designer of the company’s secondary line, Versus.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of supervising

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Social platforms have industrialized this process by providing constant signals about how others respond to us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Instead of providing more security, its obfuscation tactics challenged experts, who then reproduced—and improved upon—the result.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of providing

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Among the next steps TNT Fireworks would like to see from legislators are improvements to information-sharing and communication between fireworks regulators and public agencies overseeing imports.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Banijay has been overseeing a consultancy process for staff in recent weeks, which is nearing completion.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026