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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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The U.S. administration is reportedly monitoring a suspected plague outbreak in Russia.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Kotlikoff said Cornell was "committed to investigating" the way the case was handled, and said the school administration and community "must do better".

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Under this administration, some Salvadorans with TPS have been declining government contract jobs out of fear of being detained, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Dennis Wilder, a former senior China director at the National Security Council who organized three state visits during the George W. Bush administration, said the hold-room arrangement was unprecedented.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Dr. Rhodes said there would be an investigation and that disciplinary action would take place if the administration saw fit.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

“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

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

The other concerns the EPA’s broader authority to regulate climate pollution under the Clean Air Act, which could prevent future administrations from regulating power-plant emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Both the Obama and Biden administrations used the Clean Air Act to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which drive climate change.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 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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