administer

Example Sentences

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With his older brother John, he ran a school, having left a previous teaching post from a disinclination to administer corporal punishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Their benefits erode over time; unchanging income and asset tests reduce the eligible population; and they are expensive to administer.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

While insurers that administer Medicaid benefits have an incentive to police fraud, autism treatment has become a fee-for-service free-for-all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

"SLC's role is to administer government student finance policy, supporting customers to understand their eligibility, how to apply, their repayment obligations and how repayments are processed," they said.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

It was a case challenging the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s decision to administer state driver’s license examinations only in English.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander