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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By contrast, recent restrictions or delays suggest a greater emphasis on managing relations with Beijing and avoiding unnecessary escalation.

— Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
My experience includes managing campaigns, leading teams, and building relationships with community leaders.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of managing

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For ShadowMachine, Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico serve as executive producers, and Musa Brooker serves as supervising director.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
The surge in profits has been driven by robust trading in stocks, bonds and currencies, fees from supervising and advising clients’ investments, underwriting initial public offerings and a pickup in mergers and acquisitions.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

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Judge Heather Beato, appointed by DeSantis to the 10th Judicial Circuit in 2020, is overseeing the case, a court docket shows.

— Justin Garcia, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026
Instead, the board should function as a concert of great powers, both democratic and autocratic, tasked with managing crises and overseeing and building consensus on matters of global governance.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of overseeing

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The test took place aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier operating in the Pacific Ocean.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The model allows brands to reach customers across cities and markets without bearing the full cost of operating their own stores.

— Yiling Pan, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of operating

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

Employee did not wash hands after handling raw food and changing gloves, before handling ready to eat foods.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
About one-quarter of AAPI adults approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president overall.

— Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 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

Seven in ten CEOs reported conducting strategic risk reviews on a monthly basis, compared to 50% of CIOs.

— John Kell, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
The judge handling last month endorsed a proposal by the suit's plaintiff to notify potential class members to submit claims on the settlement by conducting a four-week-long social media campaign on Facebook and Instagram.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

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