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administrate

[ad-min-uh-strayt] / ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪt /




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Thao first placed Armstrong on paid administrate leave in January to review investigations by the department’s federal monitor that found the police chief responsible for gross dereliction of duty in the sergeant’s misconduct cases.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

The way to think of a magistrate is as the Romans meant it: one empowered to administrate.

From Fox News ● Aug. 6, 2020

“You cannot recruit, you cannot train, you cannot retain, and you cannot administrate, ” he said.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2016

ICM Registry was finally awarded the right to administrate the new domain.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2012

Whatever they wish, they are obliged to administrate.

From The Invisible Censor by Francis Hackett

"It has been challenging for us," said Tys, director of a management consulting firm who in his spare time administrates at the school along with three others while a head teacher oversees academic matters.

From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2022

As the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which administrates PISA, noted last year, the United States—with its fairly unique system of local control—shows “significant performance variability” between states.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2017

This year has already seen an unprecedented level of litigation related to the election and the procedures by which the election will be administrated.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2024

Orally administrated probiotics have therefore been widely used to alleviate symptoms.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023

The working group meeting is being held in Srinagar, the summer capital of the federally administrated territory, from Monday to Wednesday.

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

By the third century BCE, this system was being administrated by a combination of public assemblies, elected officials, and the Senate.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Pedro de Merida, canon of Palencia, administrated until the arrival of the archbishop.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Juan Antonio Llorente

It would take a bit of administrating, just to make sure the injury is absolutely genuine.

From BBC ● May 22, 2025

Fire authorities were administrating CPR to at least 50 people in the Itaewon district as of 11:30 p.m.

From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022

They say officials should instead take steps to expand the capacities for PCR tests, which are more accurate but require huge numbers of professionals administrating nasal and throat swabs and high-tech machines analyzing samples.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2022

The pharmacists who talked to Slate said that they were administrating shots every 15 minutes, while also filling prescriptions and answering the phones.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2021

Thus our estimate of the effect of environment and social conditions has doubtless shifted faster than our methods of administrating charity have changed.

From Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams




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