administered

verb

past tense of administer
1
as in distributed
to give out (something) to appropriate individuals the principal administers discipline fairly when students break the rules

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2
as in enforced
to carry out effectively local officials should see that the fair housing laws are rigorously administered

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3
as in managed
to look after and make decisions about the lieutenant governor administers the affairs of the state in the absence of the governor

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Recent Examples of administered Trump calls for supplanting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine by individual vaccines for each disease, administered at separate physician visits. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The vaccine has been administered in a single dose for more than 40 years and has been rigorously studied. — Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 There have been 2,487 doses of the MMR vaccine administered in Pennsylvania this year. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 The recommendations would upend decades of federal guidance on which vaccines are administered to children, just as the school year is about to begin in many states. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 In addition, the order recommends that childhood immunizations be administered at separate medical visits, which in practice could more than double the number of doctor appointments for children — and could mean more copays, as well. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 The main changes come to the MMR vaccine — short for measles, mumps, and rubella — which right now, is administered in two doses. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 The project is administered by the Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Office of Construction, District 3 in New Haven, according to the DOT. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 Doctors collected healthy blood-forming stem cells from her body, then administered high-dose chemotherapy to destroy cancerous cells in her bone marrow. — Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administered
  1. distributed
  2. enforced
  3. managed
  4. dispensed
  5. implemented
  6. operated
  7. provided
  8. supervised
Verb
  • Rising adoption of rooftop and distributed solar systems in South Africa is reducing national grid demand, squeezing utilities’ revenues and prompting interest in diversification.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Produced by Roth’s independent label The Horror Section, Ice Cream Man is being distributed by Iconic Releasing and playing at 1,700 domestic locations.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
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  • The judgment, where the boundaries go, which way the arrows point, what must stay changeable and what gets enforced rather than hoped, stays human.
    — Evan J. Schwartz, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Her text prompt still went through MiniMax’s servers, meaning Moore’s video suggests that copyright safeguards are not being properly enforced.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of enforced
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  • While daytime staffing at its Sharp Mesa Vista behavioral health hospital already meets requirements, overnight shifts have been managed based on the number of patients in beds and on the severity of their illnesses.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Old Trafford club are targeting a new left-back to alternate with Luke Shaw, because the 31-year-old’s fitness needs to be managed.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of managed
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  • The clarifying agent can be dispensed into the water via the app while the robot is making its rounds, and it is designed to help keep your pool water sparkling.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The touch panel registers the number of sushi plates dispensed into the plate disposal slot.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispensed
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  • But Mary Vaccaro, United Federation of Teachers vice president for education, said the city should not continue with the curriculum changes that have been implemented.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The market's focus is now shifting from whether an interim agreement can be reached to how the final arrangement will be implemented—and when shipping activity can truly return to normal.
    — , CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of implemented
Verb
  • Firestar operated a large factory inside Surat’s Special Economic Zone, a duty-free enclave that allowed the company to cut, polish and manufacture jewelry for export markets.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Our navigation system, flood damage reduction projects, and water supply reservoirs are operated and maintained by people most Arkansans will never hear about.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of operated
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  • No details about the patient have been provided, and Health New Zealand would not disclose information without family approval.
    — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • During a press conference in Tallahassee on Thursday, Fishback based his allegations on information provided by a whistleblower seemingly familiar with the federal investigation.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of provided
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  • Becoming a therapist requires years of education, supervised practice, licensing examinations and often substantial student debt.
    — Wayne Lonstein, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, Kim supervised tests of a nuclear-capable cruise missile and other weapons aboard a new 5,000-ton destroyer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervised

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