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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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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

Last month, administration officials said an announcement on TPS for Salvadorans would come “at the appropriate time” and that they would retain work authorization in the meantime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The administration has not detailed how such a $5,000 payment would be funded or enacted.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

President Trump is expected to name Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton as the new artificial intelligence czar, spearheading AI policy across the administration, according to people familiar with the decision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the afternoon we visited one of the dormitories that was far away from the administration building.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

“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

EXCLUSIVE: The act’s failure to progress leaves regulation of the cryptocurrency industry in the hands of government agencies and vulnerable to interpretation as administrations change, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

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

“What I had in my safe at Rand,” Ellsberg would later recall, “was seven thousand pages of documentary evidence of lying, by four presidents and their administrations over twenty-three years.”

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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