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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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Insha Rahman, president of Vera, said both the Covid-19 pandemic and the previous administration of mayor Eric Adams produced delays in shutting down Rikers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

"To pin that on this administration, I don't think is a fair assessment," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

By measuring how much of the drug appeared in the bloodstream after oral administration, they could estimate the rate of gastric emptying.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Last year, the administration formed a task force to identify federal land that could be used to build affordable housing in an effort to address the nation’s housing shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

During Grant's eight-year administration, from 1869 to 1877, tensions grew between two factions of the Republican party.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

The health ministry says it has intensified measures to contain the spread, with a joint response involving county administrations, humanitarian partners and others.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Mark Iwry, a former senior Treasury official who led national retirement policy in the Clinton and Obama administrations, said auto-enrollment marks a major improvement but that stock donations raise potential concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

As a legal scholar researching the evolution of modern presidential clemency, I have reviewed every individual pardon and commutation granted by U.S. presidents since 1989, spanning seven administrations, from George H.W.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 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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