- present participle of administer.
administering
Example Sentences
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The controller is the state’s fiscal watchdog, responsible for auditing government agencies, administering payroll for state employees and reuniting abandoned assets with their owners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Within minutes of administering vitamin B6, Ann's seizure activity stopped.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The defendants ran dubious nonprofits that contracted with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and nongovernment organizations responsible for administering billions of dollars in homeless funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Wisconsin, New Hampshire, and Minnesota are among a small group of states with a decentralized election system, in which individual cities and towns, rather than counties, are responsible for administering ballots.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
And they did: “My friends inform me that Mr. A. speaks of me with great friendship,” Jefferson observed, “and with satisfaction in the prospect of administering the government in concurrence with me.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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