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departmental

ADJECTIVE
administrative
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bureaucratic governmental legislative managerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory
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authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directing directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising
ADJECTIVE
authoritative
Synonyms
WEAK
administrative approved bureaucratic canonical ex cathedra ex officio executive imperial lawful legal legitimate magisterial mandatory ruling sanctioned sovereign supreme
ADJECTIVE
managerial
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bureaucratic commanding directorial governmental legislative ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory supervisory
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authoritative central controlling deciding decisive directing directive executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising
ADJECTIVE
supervisory
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bureaucratic governmental legislative managerial ministerial organizational policy-making regulatory
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authoritative central commanding controlling deciding decisive directing directive directorial executive governing in charge in control jurisdictional official presiding regulative ruling superintending supervising

Example Sentences

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Art in the collection is freed from its departmental silos and put into conversation across genre lines, place and time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Some cap the duration of time they can be implemented, or cap the tariff rate he can set; others require departmental investigations or findings.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Carmona recently penned an op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star, lamenting “a series of avoidable missteps in messaging, coordination, and tone from senior departmental leadership.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The IG also concluded that Hegseth’s use of a personal phone for official business violated departmental rules.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

She put on one of the dresses that made their way into our closet after the departmental presentations.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston