Thesaurus results for ADMINISTRATED

administrated

verb

past tense of administrate

as in operated

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

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Recent Examples of administrated The program, slated to be administrated by the California Housing Finance Agency, directs the state to create a down payment assistance fund for middle-income homebuyers, with up to $25 billion in bonds. — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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Threats were also made against a Prague-to-Bucharest, Romania, flight operated by Romanian carrier Tarom, and a Ryanair flight from the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, to Rome.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The complication is that about 95% of the world’s 46,000 McDonald’s restaurants are owned and operated by franchisees — and some have pushed back against a proposal that could require $650,000 to $800,000 of investment per store.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of operated

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The entire island took a serious one-two punch of a hurricane beating; residents managed without power for months, and without the livelihoods supported by the tourism industry for much longer.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
After his playing career, Bob Boone managed both the Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of managed

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Co-founder Nemmert supervised the build of Lokia’s operating system (Lokia OS) and runs the company’s operations and production side.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
In mid-October Reliable’s software taxied, took off and landed a Cessna Grand Caravan, a single-engine turboprop plane, at Albuquerque’s main airport while a pilot supervised from company headquarters in California, more than 700 miles away.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of supervised

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Nashville scored early in the first period when Hoglander controlled a blue-line turnover by Brian Dumoulin and eventually made a backhand pass through defenseman Cody Ceci’s legs to Filip Forsberg for his sixth goal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Sitaya Fagan had nine rebounds and Hall had eight as USC controlled the boards, 52-36.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of controlled

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One of the polymers also passed outgassing tests conducted by Spain’s National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA).

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Many of the interviews were conducted behind closed doors, with transcripts released days later.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of conducted

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The little data currently available mostly comes from patients who have traveled to Mexico or other countries where ibogaine is not heavily regulated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2026
However, the Memphis City Council has continued discussing how data centers should be regulated, including community concerns and potential zoning standards.

— Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of regulated

Verb

Pando has since handled more than 57 terabytes of Git packfiles in a single hour.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Tia, on her end, handled the ambush skillfully, parrying jabs without raising her voice to prevent Wendy from having any opening to feign victimization.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

At the Alternative Schools Network, Morales oversaw support services for reenrolled students at 20 alternative high schools.

— Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Bass oversaw the reappointment of McDonnell’s predecessor, Michel Moore, shortly after her election and stood by him for a year through numerous controversies before Moore’s abrupt resignation in early 2024.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

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