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administration

[ad-min-uh-stray-shuhn] / ædˌmɪn əˈstreɪ ʃən /


NOUN
period during which a particular human group is in power
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She wants the administration to admit what she sees as its mistakes, calling the lack of transparency disheartening.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

President Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the new artificial intelligence czar, spearheading AI policy across the administration, according to people familiar with the decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"My administration will consistently pursue practical measures to reduce military tensions between the two Koreas," Lee said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

European leaders agreed Friday to a rapid release of some diesel stockpiles, pulling prices of oil down by more than 4% Friday, following pressure from the Trump administration.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

My counselor’s office was in the old main administration building, next to the attendance office.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

“Agency-led rules and guidance remain constrained by existing law and can be revised by future administrations or challenged in court,” said David Scheuermann, an investment analyst at Swiss crypto group Sygnum Bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The more than 600-page legislation would have divided oversight largely between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, replacing a regulatory patchwork that has shifted between administrations.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the Clean Air Act to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

It is unclear why the CDC and other federal agencies across two administrations have failed to publicly respond to the increase in deaths despite having access to the same information ProPublica analyzed.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

“What I had in my safe at Rand,” Ellsberg would later recall, “was seven thousand pages of documentary evidence of lying, by four presidents and their administrations over twenty-three years.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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