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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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But all of that has gone hand-in-hand with persistent complaints about a slow bureaucracy and a dysfunctional city administration which famously took almost 15 years to build an international airport with next-door Brandenburg state.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Stellantis last year unveiled plans to shift the production of its next-generation Jeep Compass to Illinois from Brampton after the Trump administration slapped steep tariffs on foreign-made cars.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

The administration, in fact, “seeks to mitigate potential national-security and cybersecurity problems.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

His administration has signed executive orders to recognise the tech's "strategic importance" to the economy and accelerate its development.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The museum administration insisted that the painting hadn’t left.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

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

Bush administration, TPS has been used in the years since under Democratic and Republican administrations alike.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

SNP administrations have been in charge of Scotland's justice system since 2007 and say tackling overcrowding is "of critical importance".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

It is the kind of material that grips high school actors and audiences but terrifies school administrations.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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