administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
were administering
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past progressiveof administer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the years after the housing crash, Ocwen and its competitors grew rapidly, as big banks auctioned off the loans they were administering amid costly new regulations.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
Health authorities were administering booster shots to the public on Wednesday, with more vaccine booster doses to arrive from Australia and New Zealand.
From Reuters ● Feb. 2, 2022
Clutching his little green vaccination card in hands folded behind his back, Mr. Ndiaye made his way down the health center’s gray and white corridors and to the glass-doored room where nurses were administering vaccines.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2021
Over the week of April 4-10, for example, providers were administering roughly 251,000 first doses per day, on average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
This he did for many days, none knowing that the King was dead, and established himself in power, while he made as if he were administering the power of another.
From Stories From Livy by Bartolomeo Pinelli
