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 When the second dose did not kill Pike, Tennessee’s single-drug execution protocol prevented authorities from administering a third dose. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 More importantly, since the lethal injection protocol requires an intravenous line insertion, the person administering it has to be competent in IV infusion. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 The state failed to execute Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug, pentobarbital. — Ed White, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 The opportunity is to spend less time administering Scrum and more time practicing it well. — Stephen Clark, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026 These executions generally feature drugs of questionable quality, nonmedical personnel administering the drugs and patients with notoriously weak veins, Lain said. — Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Medicaid costs are split between the federal and state governments, and states are responsible for administering the program, which provides health insurance for people with low incomes or disabilities. — Aaron Bolton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 Here, by administering medicine brought from his outer-planet home, Rennie recovers. — Thr Staff, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026 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

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Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Leo presided alone over the liturgy, distributing Communion to medical personnel and Vatican gendarmes present.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of distributing

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The Court was right to enjoin the White House from enforcing this 'unconstitutional ban on the free press' for the foreseeable future.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Good luck enforcing Potemkin guarantees from hyperscalers or arguing that local protests excuse a construction delay that blew a hole in the financing.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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Positioning the commercial arm of the 100-year-old BBC for a streaming future while managing the traditional linear channels that still do great business in many international territories.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Years later, there’s still work to be done managing a film’s intellectual property rights and corporate vehicles.

— Kim Jackson, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of managing

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Items such as the coffee pots, dispensing nozzles for cappuccino and frazil machines must be washed and sanitized as needed.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
Despite those circumstances, Yusuf continued dispensing oxycodone to Llerena, according to the factual proffer.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of dispensing

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Tonight, the district is pointing to this language that references developing or implementing activities that reference gender identity.

— Erin Jones, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The contractors who start building this visibility now, ahead of the implementing regulations, will be negotiating from a position of readiness when enforcement begins.

— Yardley Pohl, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of implementing

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For ShadowMachine, Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico serve as executive producers, and Musa Brooker serves as supervising director.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

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Wyandotte County deputy fatally shot The shooting happened in the 2600 block of South 30th Street as law enforcement officers were providing protection for a woman moving out of a house, police said at the time.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
The coach’s value is becoming less about providing expertise and more about helping clients exercise judgment when expertise is everywhere.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of providing

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Judge Heather Beato, appointed by DeSantis to the 10th Judicial Circuit in 2020, is overseeing the case, a court docket shows.

— Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Instead, the board should function as a concert of great powers, both democratic and autocratic, tasked with managing crises and overseeing and building consensus on matters of global governance.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026