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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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A 28-year-old White House lawyer named John Roberts—now the chief justice of the Supreme Court—wrote a memo for his bosses that agreed in part with the Carter administration position.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The 93-year-old president won an eighth term last year in a disputed poll and his administration faces criticism over allegations of corruption, bad governance and a failure to tackle security.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Negotiations toward that end have proved more challenging than the administration initially anticipated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

But he added that the bank’s management team was “encouraged by the work the administration is doing to make capital rules more risk-based.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

One of the more experienced butlers, a white-haired African American man named James Ramsey, had served since the Carter administration.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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