1
as in distributing
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules
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2
as in enforcing
to carry out effectively
local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered
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3
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
Furthermore, the terror group is influencing the transitional process by insisting on having a say over appointments to the technocratic committee tasked with administering Gaza’s affairs.
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Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The Legislature put $28 million toward administering that program and $10 million toward expanding food bank infrastructure.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
States pay part of the cost of administering it, but the food stamp money has come entirely from federal taxpayers.
—James Sneed, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Luckily, the surgeon was able to come in and slowly remove the plaster — after cutting Daniels's eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard, while administering novocaine to his face.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
TikTok poster Arden@ardenhawes shared a video of herself administering her gray tabby cat Fern’s heart medicine, which has since garnered over 556,000 views and more than 153,000 likes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
One estimate placed the additional amount that Kentucky spent administering off-year elections at roughly $15 million every four-year cycle.
—Time, 29 Oct. 2025
An information vacuum In Mason County, 20 residents, including Grosser, were offered deals to sell their land — thousands of acres in total — for significantly above market value, according to Tyler McHugh, director of the county’s industrial development authority, which is administering the deals.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
These strategies include administering birth control and gathering the animals into captivity and placing them up for sale or adoption.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
The Legislature put $28 million toward administering that program and $10 million toward expanding food bank infrastructure.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
States pay part of the cost of administering it, but the food stamp money has come entirely from federal taxpayers.
—James Sneed, NPR, 31 Oct. 2025
Luckily, the surgeon was able to come in and slowly remove the plaster — after cutting Daniels's eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard, while administering novocaine to his face.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
TikTok poster Arden@ardenhawes shared a video of herself administering her gray tabby cat Fern’s heart medicine, which has since garnered over 556,000 views and more than 153,000 likes.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
One estimate placed the additional amount that Kentucky spent administering off-year elections at roughly $15 million every four-year cycle.
—Time, 29 Oct. 2025
An information vacuum In Mason County, 20 residents, including Grosser, were offered deals to sell their land — thousands of acres in total — for significantly above market value, according to Tyler McHugh, director of the county’s industrial development authority, which is administering the deals.
—Natalie Kainz, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
These strategies include administering birth control and gathering the animals into captivity and placing them up for sale or adoption.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administering
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The Capital Area Food Bank has been distributing food to federal workers affected by the shutdown.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
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Franklin nonprofit OneGenAway will be hosting drive-thru food pickups throughout November, distributing both shelf-stable foods and fresh produce.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Big 12 Conference is now enforcing a new rule enacted in the offseason that penalizes teams for objects being thrown on the field, and Texas Tech has been forced to institute the ban.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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During their first reign from 1996-2001, the Taliban had outlawed all music besides non-instrumental religious chanting, enforcing the ban with brutal tactics that included a suicide bombing at an ANIM student concert.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Your biggest challenge this month is managing your expectations, especially when emotions run high.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Every child benefits from practicing waiting, joining conversation and managing boredom in everyday settings.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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The restaurant’s health permit wasn’t posted, many food items were without labels and dates and the dishwasher wasn’t dispensing sanitizer.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Nov. 2025
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The dishwasher was not dispensing sanitizer.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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The solution lies in working proactively to identify risks, implementing systems to prevent them, and fostering collaboration between internal departments within the company.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
24 Oct. 2025
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That includes implementing cameras at dangerous intersections to automatically cite speeding drivers.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Working within restricted space, Lanthimos felt the need to go big with the filmmaking, both with supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer Johnnie Burn’s sound design and composer Jerskin Fendrix’s music, which is by far the biggest score in the score-adverse director’s career.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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The children's parents were simply socializing like normal, the man wrote, not supervising the kids at all.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Grossmont board declined to renew the contract of Christian Wallis, its previous chief executive, in March without providing a public reason for the dismissal.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The developer at the 145th Street project was providing real and meaningful housing and the deal just did not go through.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
5 Nov. 2025
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About the Author Jordan Blum is the Energy editor at Fortune, overseeing coverage of a growing global energy sector for oil and gas, transition businesses, renewables, and critical minerals.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The project is executive produced by Julie Kroll, Lior Haas, Lisa Wolofsky and Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment, who is overseeing global sales and will be presenting the title to distributors at the AFM.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Administering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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