as in ministering (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of
volunteers administering to the terminally ill at a hospice
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Huerter, who played under Brown’s Sacramento Kings, checked into the game for the Pistons in the fourth quarter with Detroit nursing a 30-point lead and made his first basket with his new team with just over six minutes left in the final frame.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
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Peterson suggested the Hornets intend on being cautious with White, who’s nursing a left calf strain.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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Aggressive training overwhelms healing tissue.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Pore Minimizing Skin Care in Your 60s A dermatologist previously told me that the chief thing people in their 60s should look for in their skin care products is ingredients that boost skin’s healing capabilities and barrier strength.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
9 Feb. 2026
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This includes budesonide, a steroid used in treating the inflammatory bowel disease Crohn's disease, and Medrol (methylprednisolone), which treats several inflammatory conditions.—
Ross Phan,
Verywell Health,
9 Feb. 2026
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The company’s broader artificial intelligence suite already emphasizes anomaly detection and real-time monitoring of regulatory change, and this workforce and leave engine fits neatly into that narrative by treating time data as another stream to undergo continuous evaluation for risk.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Administering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administering%20%28to%29. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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