as in ministers (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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treats
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Penda Health, a network of medical clinics in Kenya, treats an enormous range of patients, from newborns sickened by malaria to construction workers who have fallen off buildings.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The kids get an assist from Sally Hardesty herself (Olwen Fouéré), whom the film treats with such flippant disregard that the matter should be tried in court.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Administers (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administers%20%28to%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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