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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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At 80, President Lula on Sunday launches his bid for re-election, casting himself as a defender of Brazil's "sovereignty" as pressure from Donald Trump's administration casts a shadow over the campaign.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The veteran leftist's administration boasts solid economic growth and record employment levels.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Five more received citations from police, an administration official told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

Before the two leaders met, the Trump administration pressed the Israeli prime minister to show he was serious about advancing peace talks in Lebanon and Gaza.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

During the Harding administration, in the early 1920s, the Justice Department had been packed with political cronies and unscrupulous officials, among them the head of the bureau: William Burns, the infamous private eye.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

It said it was "mathematically possible" that Stormont could get between £1bn and £3.5bn extra per year if it was funded like the other devolved administrations.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

But Witkoff himself had his own liabilities, people who worked in the Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden, and Trump administrations told me.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

And Bryce Harlow, a veteran staffer in Republican administrations, recruited Mr. Alexander from youthful obscurity and taught him the machinery of politics and government in Richard Nixon’s White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Those are perennial threats named in reports by both Democratic and Republican administrations.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

The central question is mobility, said Bruce R. Bartlett, an advocate of lower taxes who served in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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