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administration

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


NOUN
period during which a particular human group is in power
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“I have never known them to have a disagreement,” the administration official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

ICE holding facilities have been the subject of multiple lawsuits since the start of the Trump administration over alleged overcrowding, poor conditions and confinement that went on for days and weeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Frasers has built a reputation for swooping in to buy retail brands which have fallen into administration, but its gradual increase in ownership of profit-making Hugo Boss over several years is a different approach.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Some of that spending was rescinded by the Trump administration, but private capital is pouring in, says Jay Jacobs, U.S. head of equity exchange-traded funds at BlackRock.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

“My administration was only two months old,” Nixon later explained.

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




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