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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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Just days after Golding led Ole Miss to an upset win over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl, Grove Collective and administration leaders met with Chambliss and Lacy between 1 and 4 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Former Brewdog staff and several creditors of the collapsed Scottish beer giant are not expected to receive anything from the administration process.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

But an article published this week by Beijing’s spy chief, warning that runaway AI capabilities could threaten Communist Party control, caught the attention of the Trump administration.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

On Thursday, the judge demanded 30 days’ notice before the administration makes any major structural changes to the center, including tearing it down.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

“We asked the administration to reconsider the dress code and be a little more lenient,” Mrs. Hidalgo went on, ignoring Señora Oralia and Joe.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

EXCLUSIVE: The act’s failure to progress leaves regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in the hands of government agencies and vulnerable to interpretation as administrations change, analysts said.

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

In the quarter of a century since the attacks, through several city administrations, officials have refused to release the municipal files that show what the city knew and when it knew it.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Institutions—government, religion, school administrations, the music industry, Microsoft—were roadblocks, put on earth to obstruct and torment him, invade his privacy and limit his freedom of movement on the Internet.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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