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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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Senator Susan Collins said she had worked with the administration to secure "tariff relief"

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The official said reversing decades of corruption would take time, but that the administration was working to address it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Asked whether De la Espriella's administration would also pursue efforts to phase out fossil fuels despite the president's support for fracking, the minister said yes but added that "reality" must be taken into account.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Orlando Alvarado, a name not disclosed by the Trump administration as a party to the accord, signed the agreement on behalf of the parent company, alongside Betancourt, Hegseth and Rubio.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

After the meeting I asked for directions to the administration building and rushed to see my counselor, Mr. Kinkade.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Biological intelligence has consistently lacked a clear institutional home across successive administrations and within the intelligence community, with leadership responsibility shifting from one agency to another without sufficient resources or support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Zacharia, who currently works as a communications adviser for Trump Media & Technology Group would become the president's sixth chief spokesperson across his two administrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

“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 central question is mobility, said Bruce R. Bartlett, an advocate of lower taxes who served in the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times


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