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as in to distribute
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals
the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules
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as in to enforce
to carry out effectively
local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered
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as in to manage
to look after and make decisions about
the lieutenant governor administers the affairs of the state in the absence of the governor
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Some licensed massage therapists may administer massage techniques that may help with constipation.
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Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Medicare's stand-alone drug plans, which cover medicines typically taken at home, are also administered by private insurance companies.
—Susan Jaffe, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
The laws require the mattress industry to develop and administer state programs to collect and recycle discarded mattresses for free.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Perhaps even more impressive is that the Dodgers hitters have drawn an LCS-record 31 walks, baseball’s Goliaths administering death by a thousand cuts.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
Medicare's stand-alone drug plans, which cover medicines typically taken at home, are also administered by private insurance companies.
—Susan Jaffe, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2024
The laws require the mattress industry to develop and administer state programs to collect and recycle discarded mattresses for free.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
Perhaps even more impressive is that the Dodgers hitters have drawn an LCS-record 31 walks, baseball’s Goliaths administering death by a thousand cuts.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Their objective is to drive up the costs of extracting, refining, distributing, and using oil, natural gas, and coal to the point that electric bills are unaffordable and the economics of investing in the industry no longer make sense.Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Amid the growing casualties, the Kremlin has distributed a manual to soldiers on how to dig and maintain mass graves, filled with diagrams showing mass graves with body bags piled on top of one another, The Daily Telegraph reported.Brendan Cole, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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This resolution enforces stringent compliance requirements on Virtual Asset Service Providers to prevent money laundering, terrorism financing, and mass destruction weapons financing.Javier Bastardo, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Justice Department enforces federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all eligible citizens to access the ballot.Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Fed’s 11 rate hikes in 2022 and 2023 managed to help slow inflation without tipping the economy into a recession.Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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The WandaVision sequel series managed to get through nine episodes without including this particular Marvel calling card, though the previous show did include one tagged to the end of its penultimate episode.Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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For companies and consumers, dispensing with all that fakery ushers in a new era of trust, Blair maintains.Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
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These robots can't transport more than three types of drugs, selectively dispense their drugs, maintain their mobility, or release their drugs at multiple sites.New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Mayo Clinic, an early adopter of both automation and AI technologies, has implemented an AI tool to help better predict patient no-shows.Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Soon after the league announced her victory, CarMax implemented its switch between commercial takes.Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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The Hungarian leader's remarks came while protests erupted outside Georgia's Parliament on Monday night, with demonstrators demanding a new vote supervised by international observers.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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The workers have now filed for an official election supervised by the federal government.Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
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The Sugar Creek Astronomical Society will provide powerful telescopes for all guests to use.Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Dark chocolate provides nutrients that are known to benefit the gut, such as prebiotics.Jillian Kubala, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
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Dan Alexander is a senior editor at Forbes, overseeing money-in-politics coverage, as well as the author of White House, Inc.: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a ...Dan Alexander, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Most of our time is spent with the emergency department, overseen by world-weary doctor Ron (David Alan Grier) and his lead trauma surgeon Bruce (Josh Lawson), whose diagnostic approach is based on watching too much House.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Administer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administer. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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