administer
Example Sentences
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The Scottish government has the power to administer and create many of its own benefits.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
And when the mud-splattered roadsters rumbled to a stop, the Ford dealers had local garages administer tuneups.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Since 2015, NHS patients have received the world's best-selling drug through a drip – or intravenous infusion – which can take more than an hour to administer in hospital.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
Ianni said she reached out to federal regulators who administer Medicare, and they told her to file an appeal for her denied claims, a process that could take a year or more to resolve.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
Many of these people died, Carey pointed out, “without a human being to hand them a drink of water, to administer medicines, or to perform any charitable office for them.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing administer
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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