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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrating
  1. managing
  2. supervising
  3. overseeing
  4. operating
  5. controlling
  6. handling
  7. regulating
  8. conducting
Verb
  • Diabetes medications, arthritis treatments, allergy shots, and auto-injectors all make care more accessible when managing chronic conditions.
    — Irina Butler, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
  • Despite the challenges posed to ranchers, wolves play an important role in managing the balance of an ecosystem.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of managing
Verb
  • That includes arranging seat belts into place and manipulating small fastenings; working with delicate parts like hoses, wires, carpets and trim panels and supervising technology on the floor.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
  • Nadella is also supervising major changes in units such as Xbox and has become more hands-on with product development.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of supervising
Verb
  • When overseeing retirement accounts, employers have a fiduciary duty to make prudent decisions and put their workers’ interests first.
    — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026
  • Odetta led current drama series, overseeing shows from season two onward.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026
Definition of overseeing
Verb
  • The couple are accused of operating a scheme that targeted fellow Vietnamese immigrants.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • Under the terms of the settlement and Disney acquisition, Fubo has continued operating as a separate, stand-alone company.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 July 2026
Definition of operating
Verb
  • Sacramento dominated the game on the stat sheet, controlling 65% of the possession and outpassing Boise by a 2-to-1 margin.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 12 July 2026
  • Managing those demands — simplifying decisions, controlling tempo and conserving energy — may be as much a feature of playing in the heat as the physical strain itself.
    — Alan McCall, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of controlling
Verb
  • Five of the 11 questions reporters asked Spieth that night centered around handling a lead.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
Definition of handling
Verb
  • Councilman Tom Flight cast the lone dissenting vote, warning that government should be cautious about regulating the display of art on private property, even when the work is unusually large.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
  • But even that law is largely focused on ensuring the proper facility and environment for grooming, not regulating groomer technique or experience.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of regulating
Verb
  • The shooting remains under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General, while the FBI’s Houston field office is conducting a separate investigation, according to ICE.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • After conducting a 30-minute test drive in the outskirts of the capital last year, Turing has replicated the experiment in multiple, more congested areas across the country.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
Definition of conducting

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