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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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Microsoft defended the use of H-1B and said in a statement that it looked forward to sharing additional information with the administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Merchant lobbyists are talking with White House officials to pass the bill, while bank and payment lobbyists have met with administration officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A Londonderry company has become one of the UK's biggest car park operators after buying NCP out of administration.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Horta N'Tam said the unit had been poorly organised under the previous administration but insisted none of its members had been expelled from the armed forces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Breaking these rules can create significant backlash for the Carville administration and from the public, who still carry a deep-seated fear of the disease.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Rubio said the US has "confidence in the security of all our bases" and said the administrations was working "very closely" with UK authorities, who "couldn't be more cooperative".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Mark Iwry, a former senior Treasury official who led national retirement policy in the Clinton and Obama administrations, said auto-enrollment marks a major improvement but that stock donations raise potential concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“GBI’s standards remain staunchly nonpartisan through six presidential administrations, with a mission of supporting public lands management and the agencies charged with that mission,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 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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