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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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The building's freeholder, Arinium Ltd, has since gone into administration, leaving the administrators, FRP, in control of the company's assets, including the insurance proceeds.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"Senior staff at the new Trump administration, they all treated me very well," she told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Evidence for his administration survives on a clay tablet now held by the British Museum.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

Uncertainty in Canada remains high after the Trump administration introduced a fresh round of tariffs aimed at select imports from Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

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

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

According to TechCrunch, “the private sector can defend against incoming cyberattacks, but not launch of operate them,” a policy that spans several presidential administrations.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Though he expressed concern that future administrations might struggle to sustain such funding, given the significant jump in the military's annual salary bill.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

She has also overseen the restoration of ties with right-wing administrations in Peru and Chile.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

However, administrations are built not just by presidents, Cabinet secretaries, and the enormous federal workforce.

From Slate Aug. 4, 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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