administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
have administered
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present perfectof administer.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They would have been all smiles before the television cameras, but then in private, would have administered to Zelenskyy some very tough love, all the while remaining respectful.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
WHO and its partners have administered billions of vaccine doses since they first began trying to eradicate the disease in 1988.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
She moved from delivering vaccinations to overseeing the whole project but reckons she must have administered thousands of injections over the past two years.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2022
The dashboard does not provide data for how much the locally run programs have administered, though some jurisdictions that started with their own system have since joined the state’s effort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
In the principles on which you have administered the government, we see only the continuation and maturity of the same virtues and abilities, which drew upon you in your youth the resentment of Dunmore.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
