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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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In 2025, about 20 million barrels of oil and oil products passed through the strait per day, according to estimates from the US Energy Information Administration.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

The incident resulted in an Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation for a serious violation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

The Food and Drug Administration formally declined to approve the drug for therapeutic use in August 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Energy Information Administration estimated that more than a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil trade flowed through the chokepoint in 2024.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Thanks to President Roosevelt’s Rural Electrification Administration, begun in 1936, electricity came to the quarter of the population that lived on farmlands.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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