administering

present participle of administer
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Recent Examples of administering As time goes on, the wait could affect families on Medicaid or those that are uninsured and eligible for Vaccines for Children, since ordering and administering the vaccine under the program is contingent upon the acting CDC director’s sign-off. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 Banner Health, which is the state's largest health care system, had not been issuing prescriptions for the COVID-19 vaccine and had not been administering the vaccine either. Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025 Brown immediately went into action by administering first aid before paramedics arrived. David Chiu, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 Businesses have attempted to limit the cost of tariffs from being passed on by rerouting supply chains, reworking operations, instituting hiring pauses, or administering large-scale layoffs. Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025 In some states, pharmacists are also legally barred from administering vaccines that ACIP does not recommend. Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 The hepatitis B vaccine has been credited with saving tens of thousands of lives since physicians began administering it at birth more than 30 years ago. Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 17 Sep. 2025 During lifesaving measures, including administering Narcan, a medication administered when an inmate is unresponsive or an opioid overdose is suspected. Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025 The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) released guidance for COVID-19 shots based on AAP recommendations and encouraged pharmacists to continue administering shots, despite the CDC’s new guidance. Connor Greene, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administering
Verb
  • One Studios International will be distributing the series in Cannes.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Social media exacerbates tensions by distributing viral clips of contentious meeting moments.
    Scott Levy, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps more important to Max’s success is the fact that Russia seems committed to enforcing its use.
    Justin Sherman, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Ukraine has a powerful weapon As well as taking a new approach to sanctions, enforcing existing sanctions more effectively is essential, experts say.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pumpkin seed oil may have many health benefits, including boosting skin, hair, and heart health and managing menopause symptoms.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Arf Pets Memory Training Puzzle Toy is a treat-dispensing activity trainer for pets.
    Christine Persaud, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • By settling, the companies can pivot toward dispensing with the work of moderation altogether.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security are among those implementing layoffs, according to officials.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Where these processes were once performed manually with the help of workflow tools, companies are now implementing AI to assist in the process.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jordan and Egypt are expected to take the leading role in training and supervising the new police force.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The network also recently hired an ombudsperson—someone with no experience supervising a newsroom and a background leading the right-wing Hudson Institute think tank—to assess complaints of biased programming.
    Time, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its speakers also improved, providing clearer vocals and deeper bass than before.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The digital reproduction of the color and contrast in the IMAX 70mm and VistaVision prints was extremely impressive, providing a pretty acceptable facsimile of VistaVision’s grain while being a little less soft than the IMAX 70mm presentation.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In an email, the office referred The Star to the National Archives and Records Administration, which is responsible for overseeing the presidential libraries system.
    Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 13 Oct. 2025
  • On Thursday, Hesselbein noted the Senate's committee overseeing colleges and universities hasn't held a public hearing on any legislation this session.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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