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
Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty.
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Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrating
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The 30-year-old star, born Austin Richard Post, was born in New York but moved to Grapevine at 9 years old after Malone’s father, Rich Post, took a job managing concessions for the Dallas Cowboys.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Feb. 2026
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He's considered a great in-game coach, who creates advantages in the margins, like on substitution patterns and managing the clock.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
8 Feb. 2026
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As a producer, executive producer or supervising producer, Keller’s credits include 24 episodes of The Pretender, Boomtown, 17 episodes of Blue Bloods and the 2017 documentary King Cohen.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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Additionally, Dropout staffer Ebony Elaine Hardin has been promoted from supervising producer to director of production.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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In a June 2025 memo to Health Care Agency Director Veronica Kelley, Sabet noted that county staff failed to report its suspicions of abuse by 360 Clinic to the compliance office and fell short in overseeing the county’s $5 million contract with the vendor.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
7 Feb. 2026
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Because the state’s early learning system is still fragmented with multiple agencies overseeing these programs, state leaders are looking for solutions to improve performane.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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The only other blemish was a lighter operating margin, resulting in a miss on operating income.—
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CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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The cost of launching satellites to space is coming down just as the costs of building and operating AI data centers on earth are rising.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Founded by Roth together with MCT, The Horror Section’s mission is to super-serve genre fans by owning and controlling a premium intellectual property library of unhinged films, TV series and games, in addition to a podcast and curating horror-centric experiences.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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Diehard fans, Mastromartino said, can alleviate the emotional stress accompanying a loss by controlling their viewing environment.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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With the passage of the INA, Congress tasked immigration courts with handling removal proceedings, thereby stripping district courts of jurisdiction over immigration matters.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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The brain is also far more adept at handling things like ambiguity, subtlety, and nuance.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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Trump was expected to have a much more hands-off approach to regulating business combinations.—
Jeff Marks,Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Environmental groups and concerned countries see regulating ship fuel as the only way to realistically reduce black carbon.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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The move aims to increase accountability for ICE and other federal agents conducting enforcement operations in California.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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The two laws at issue grew out of concern among Democrats that officers conducting the federal administration’s aggressive immigration sweeps were generally wearing masks and bore little or no identification.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Administrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrating. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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