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administering

ADJECTIVE

managing

Synonyms

STRONG

admonishing advising controlling executing governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing overseeing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising

Antonyms

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subordinate

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

NOUN

administration

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency authority control government legislation organization policy rule

STRONG

application charge command conduct conducting direction dispensation disposition distribution enforcement execution governing guidance handling jurisdiction order oversight performance power provision regulation running strategy superintendence supervision surveillance

WEAK

directing overseeing

Antonyms

STRONG

disorganization disregard failure ignorance inefficiency lawlessness mismanagement neglect

NOUN

application

Synonyms

STRONGEST

treatment

STRONG

administration rubbing

WEAK

applying creaming dosing oiling

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Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh were among those in attendance on Friday, with the former administering the oath of office to Warsh.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

MSD says the jab offers "meaningful benefits" for hospitals by reducing the time spent administering the drug, freeing up time for other clinical tasks and potentially reducing the pressure on NHS resources.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Cantwell urged Kennedy to require contractors administering WISeR to respond to standard claims within 72 hours and urgent claims within 24 hours.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Recognizing this, some oncologists have begun administering drugs with restraint rather than abandon, aiming to keep the cancer in check rather than creating conditions that predispose to the rapid growth of resistant cells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 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

administering

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