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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 administration reckons it can cut them by 90%.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

That growth has come with greater regulatory scrutiny and back-office outsourcing, driving demand for fund administration services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

A judge ordered the administration to reverse course.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

He moved to Castellon, the biggest city near Villarreal, at 17, and enrolled at university to study business administration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

To have an effective and strong administration, he needed to bring together the Republican Party's warring factions.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

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

“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 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

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

Lincoln’s responsible bodyguard William Crook had a more esteemed career, working in the White House for more than fifty years—a time that spanned the administrations of Abraham Lincoln to Woodrow Wilson.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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