Thesaurus results for ADMINISTRATE

administrate

verb

əd-ˈmi-nə-ˌstrāt

Definition of administrate

as in to manage

to look after and make decisions about they're looking for someone to administrate the new division

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Recent Examples of administrate Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026 Men create; women administrate. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 Jordan, which administrates the holy site, and Saudi Arabia also condemned Ben Gvir’s actions. — Dana Karni, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025 Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is a sedative that, when administrated by healthcare professionals, can help patients stay comfortable during routine medical procedures, according to the Cleveland Clinic. — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for administrate

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Verb

For younger consumers who have always managed much of their lives through apps, these experiences often feel like different versions of the same activity.

— Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Separate nozzles also don't solve the problems of bonding incompatible materials or managing different printing temperatures.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of manage

Verb

Children under 12 must be accompanied by a supervising companion who is at least 14 years old.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The California Department of State Hospitals contracts with Liberty Healthcare to supervise people convicted of specific crimes and who also struggle with significant mental health conditions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervise

Verb

Earlier discussions included allowing the Atlanta Department of Corrections to retain one floor and administrative space to oversee municipal detainees.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Its platform helps teams oversee the work required to advance a potential medicine, giving program leaders a clearer picture of progress across a drug’s development.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of oversee

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Betsy Smith, the head of the Central Park Conservancy, the nonprofit which operates the park, cheered the passage of the bill.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
Such facilities successfully operate today, prioritizing community leadership, transparency, compensation and quiet all at once.

— Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of operate

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An architect’s struggle with Nevada’s state licensing board raises a broader question about how to regulate industry.

— Wendy R. Anderson, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
The group says it’s shaped several must-haves by taking lessons from Washington’s failure to regulate social media.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulate

Verb

Seventy-one percent also doubt that his village cooperatives policy—which plans to establish hubs in roughly 80,000 communities to handle basic-goods distribution, savings, and other rural services—would succeed.

— Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
The case remains under investigation and is being handled by the Sheriff’s Department Homicide Division, according to Arcadia police.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of handle

Verb

The question confronting Israel and its international partners is not simply whether money should flow into Gaza, but also who controls it—and whether the next arrangement will avoid the failures of the last.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Virginia did a good job controlling SMU for long stretches, but a few big plays negated all that.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of control

Verb

In response, Logan said his office is focused on conducting a fair and secure election while noting that Election Day is a mere 18 days away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
That answer is unlikely to satisfy many Democratic primary voters, according to a poll of six early primary states conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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