Thesaurus results for ADMINISTRATING

administrating

verb

present participle of administrate

as in managing

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

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Recent Examples of administrating Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait, through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped in peacetime. — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026 As talks continued, Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime. — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026 Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026

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Verb

However, their power requirements create additional challenges for facilities already managing substantial electricity consumption.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
But Southeast Asian coordination may happen without ASEAN’s guidance, argues Hans Vriens, co-founder and managing partner of government affairs consultancy Vriens & Partners.

— Sam Beltran, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of managing

Verb

Valenti and Lovley, longtime developers who grew up and live in central Connecticut, aren’t interested in supervising construction or managing properties at the far ends of the state.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
An independent committee found that the Housing Bureau’s independent checking unit failed in its duties supervising the maintenance work.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

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Bönan is also overseeing the renovation of Kiton’s six-story townhouse and showroom on East 54th Street in New York, expected to be completed in 2027 to become a new flagship, flanking the existing unit on Madison Avenue.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Casting director Nina Gold is overseeing the search for the next 007.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of overseeing

Verb

The Houthis ramped up their advance on Taiz last month, after a lightning-fast capture of the port city of Mokha, an area about 130 kilometers (80 miles) away that is vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
But Meta’s new SEC filing that posted this week shows that’s in part because of the key difference between owning a company and controlling it.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of controlling

Verb

Officials continue to urge people who have contact with sick or dead birds to take precautions, including wearing respiratory and eye protection and gloves when handling poultry.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Here, eBay coned off a series of handling challenges as a competition for the media on site to experience all four cars headed to auction.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of handling

Verb

In the absence of a federal law regulating them, the responsibility falls to local governments, said Ridout, who estimates that about 30 states have some type of rule or requirement regarding AI in political campaigns.

— Anagilmara Vílchez, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
The agency charged with regulating Colorado’s first-in-the-nation legal recreational marijuana market potentially put consumers at risk of using contaminated products, a new state audit found.

— Christopher Osher, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulating

Verb

Testing these factors virtually can help engineers identify potential problems before conducting physical trials on the factory floor.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Along with the prospect of ICE agents conducting immigration enforcement, election officials have also expressed concern that the federal government might try other ways to disrupt polling places, citing voter fraud allegations as a premise.

— Philip Wang, Time, 28 Oct. 2026

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