Thesaurus results for ADMINISTRATION

administration

noun

əd-ˌmi-nə-ˈstrā-shən

Definition of administration

as in government

lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation) the fair and just administration of the U.S. territories

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as in management

the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something administration of the funds was left in the hands of a committee

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Recent Examples of administration Any attempt to shield private-sector communications, which Democrats are eager to seek as a way around administration stonewalling, would likely be litigated. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The administration no longer recommends that everyone aged 6 months and older routinely get an annual shot. — Rob Stein, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026 So just wait for another couple of administrations to guess where this nation might be headed. — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026 In Kabul, Dost Mohammad Khan expressed support for the Taliban administration, saying the past five years have brought stability. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for administration

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Africa's most populous country will hold the election against a backdrop of worsening economic and security crises that have caused anger among voters against Tinubu's government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Firms in the Program can propose but do not select their own targets, and require a federal contract and written government approval to operate.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of government

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Political scientist Sandra Borda argued that the difficulties in aid management are related to the tense political transition between the current and previous administrations, which lacked a formal handover.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Conventional time-management advice, Schore argues, focuses almost exclusively on visible behaviors—meetings, email volume, scheduling techniques and collaboration practices.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

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Pairing that hardware with technical assistance is what professionalizes governance and brings local operations fully in line with the highest international environmental and engineering standards.

— Rob Kaplan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Wharton professor of legal studies and business ethics Kevin Werbach explains why AI governance is so difficult, why companies can't be left to regulate themselves, and what governments need to do as AI becomes more powerful.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of governance

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In Minneapolis and New Orleans, CNN found once-bustling shops and restaurants growing quiet during federal immigration operations as some immigrants avoided work and parents kept children home from school.

— Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
The operation drove more than 700,000 Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, joining hundreds of thousands of others already living there for decades in the wake of waves of previous violence perpetrated by Myanmar’s military.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of operation

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Critics dismissed the polls, held in phases in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
For the first time, after decades of brutal Assad rule – by both Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez al-Assad before him - the model of impunity in Syria has been broken, even if the penalty is unlikely to ever be carried out.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of rule

Noun

Meanwhile, sources inside the organization said the Walter regime prioritized immediate profits over long-term infrastructure investments.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The lingerie, which was considered somewhat risqué, met a need in the Spanish consumer that was beginning to be admissible as the Franco regime came to an end.

— Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of regime

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The new musical will feature a book by Leah Nanako Winkler and music supervision, vocal, and incidental music arrangements by Or Matias.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Adam Saracco, 41, entered the plea during a court appearance in Maywood and was sentenced to one year of supervision.

— Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026

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