How to Use administrate in a Sentence

administrate

verb
  • Poll workers and staff will need to be well trained and consistent in administrating the election process.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • To administrate at scale, governments and large bureaucracies need to be able to see the world clearly.
    — Tim Hwang, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Martin hopes some entity might take over administrating the prize.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Scott said the two most recent recruit classes were trained how to administrate the overdose remedy.
    — Emily Lane, NOLA.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • She was promoted to case manager and now helps administrate the programs.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Same with local and state officials who administrate elections.
    — Osita Nwanevu, Slate Magazine, 31 Jan. 2017
  • The state’s data reporting lags between the date the test was administrated, when symptoms appeared and when the case is reported.
    — Nyamekye Daniel, Washington Examiner, 13 May 2020
  • The office that administrates elections in Maricopa County also will have a new chief.
    — Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The English speakers work as laborers, and the francophones administrate their work.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Also listed in the documents is the bank that was assigned by the court to administrate the estate's affairs during litigation.
    — Marianne Garvey, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
  • There are people who are supporting it or administrating that application.
    — Cio, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait, through which a fifth of the world's oil is shipped in peacetime.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Officers can be seen on the video administrating first aid to Bailey before additional help arrives.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • States will also need to fund any expenses related to administrating laws and regulations connected to sports betting.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 14 May 2018
  • An effort by athletes at a public university would depend on state law and policies, and how state labor relations agencies address and administrate the topic.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 June 2026
  • That postponed his surgery another month, time Breneman spent holed up in his apartment self-administrating antibiotics and watching his lectures on his laptop.
    — Alex Harris, miamiherald, 17 May 2017
  • There were no adverse effects, so further studies administrating cola before performing endoscopies could be useful, per the authors.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The hospital became part of Dillard along with its administrating university.
    — NOLA.com, 28 July 2017
  • The fees are supposed to cover bargaining and contract administrating, including handling grievances.
    — Hillary Borrud, OregonLive.com, 13 June 2018
  • Men create; women administrate.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • As talks continued, Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Zig-zagging from high school to college, from teaching to coaching and now administrating has given Betthauser a unique perspective as an advocate for student-athletes and coaches.
    — Jon J. Kerr, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2017
  • Yet by all accounts, Sinwar, whose duties within the organization involve administrating Gaza, has turned pragmatic in his time in office.
    — Grant Rumley, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2017
  • When playing at a live dealer casino online, USA players get to play their favorite games with real cards and real tables, with real human dealers administrating the games.
    — Kevin Wolff, cleveland, 6 June 2023
  • The donation will be administrated through the Reimann family's new Alfred Landecker Foundation over the next three years.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The emergency room staff administrated several rounds of epinephrine, three rounds of Narcan and CPR.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The company has piqued the interest of corporate computer purchasers, who are looking for cheap alternatives to PCs and the hassles of administrating them.
    — Reuters, WIRED, 18 Feb. 1998
  • These regional bodies administrate all things soccer for their areas, including the six different qualifying tournaments for the World Cup.
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 12 June 2018
  • Clark was administrating Harvey through a period of major financial difficulty.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Back-office platforms that include AI features must adhere to data governance and strict data management that can be easily configured and administrated.
    — Ellen Williams, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024

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