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administrative

[ad-min-uh-strey-tiv, -struh-] / ædˈmɪn əˌstreɪ tɪv, -strə- /


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They argued the materials were protected by the Privacy Act, and that the justice department was violating the Administrative Procedure Act, which sets out the legal guidelines for how the government operates.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Administrative and other expenses more than doubled on a review of its 2030 strategy and settlements of legal cases.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Immigration advocates challenge ICE’s policy governing these arrests, arguing, among other things, that it was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

Pressley has introduced the Ending Administrative Wage Garnishment Act, which would “protect borrowers by ending garnishment as a tool writ large for student debt collection by the federal government, regardless of who’s in office.”

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The day before Doug Swieteck came back, our principal reported during Morning Announcements that Mrs. Sidman had accepted “voluntary reassignment to the Main Administrative Office.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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