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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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U.S. operations are critical not just to avoid Trump administration tariffs but also to get closer to its U.S. clients, who account for three-quarters of its revenue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Deforestation dropped sharply during Lula's administration, and he vows to end it by 2030.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The gathering could represent an opportunity for the startup, which is expected to go public later this year in a mega IPO, to improve its relationship with the administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“There is a lack of support,” Sepulveda said of the school administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

But of course Jefferson himself had already decided that he preferred the anomalous role of opposing the administration in which he officially served.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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

Over 25 years, Republican and Democratic administrations alike have changed course as circumstances changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The local suppression of abolitionist mail persisted throughout the antebellum era during the administrations of Jackson’s eight successors, none of whom enforced the federal statute prohibiting detention of the mail.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 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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