ADMINISTERING Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

administering

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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 His son, Davonte Ford, was his full-time caregiver — bathing Michael, administering his medications and dutifully responding to the dips and peaks in Michael’s blood sugar. —

Elizabeth Chuck, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026 The governor also proposed reforming waiver case management provided to people with disabilities and older adults and dedicating roughly $77 million in funding over four years for a study on recommendations for administering human services programs across all levels of government. —

Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026 His proposal would also shift some responsibilities like eligibility verification away from counties, which currently do most of the work of administering social services programs in Minnesota. —

Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 Over the last six months of that year, teams connected 138 people to services, including 15 enrollments in drug treatment and detox programs and 51 referrals to interim housing, while administering Narcan, a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, 26 times. —

Teresa Liu, Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026 Police body camera footage from the arrest shows officers administering field sobriety tests. —

Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026 In 2025, Shippy unsuccessfully proposed a broader version of the same bill, which called for a decade-long pause in administering the mRNA COVID vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna. —

Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026 Some of the administrators may focus on administering the obesity benefits to employees, dealing with core functions such as enrollment, eligibility, claims and more. —

Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026 The ambulance driver, who has not been officially named and who has not been arrested, was part of a two-person team that switched between driving the non-emergency ambulance and administering care to the patients being transported. —

Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026

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Griffin knew, however, that Girardi was not distributing those funds as required by Durkin’s order over those eight months, the plea agreement states.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead of cramming huge amounts of fiber into one meal, fiberlayering emphasizes distributing fiber steadily across the day and pulling it from a wide range of whole foods.

— Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 5 Mar. 2026