How to Use administrative in a Sentence

administrative

adjective
  • She has an administrative job.
  • The schools took the money to the bank, and this helps explain administrative bloat.
    WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
  • By the end of the week, a Catholic priest had been stripped of his administrative duties because of it.
    Stefano Montali, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
  • But what would the United States look like without the administrative state?
    How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
  • The officers had been placed on administrative leave, but now they were cleared and had already returned to the streets.
    Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The deputies are on administrative leave with pay while the probe is ongoing, Taylor said.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • The tower guard was first placed on administrative leave and later fired.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Shirley has been placed on administrative leave with pay.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023
  • On hand were members of the district’s administrative and board staff.
    cleveland, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That administrative process didn't preclude the parties from closing the deal.
    Matt O'Brien, ajc, 12 June 2023
  • As the judge dealt with a few administrative matters — dates for appeals, the next trial, sentencing — Fried stared up at the ceiling.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 3 Nov. 2023
  • He's since been put on administrative leave, per KHOU11.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The officer who shot the van’s driver was placed on administrative leave, Aziz said.
    Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • An administrative panel of the 9th Circuit granted that stay, but now, with Saturday’s order, the law is once more blocked while the case proceeds.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Robin Heath was an administrative jail lieutenant who worked at the Benton County sheriff's office and was fired on Sept.
    Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2024
  • On the docket for the justices in the upcoming term, which runs through June 2024, are cases involving the First Amendment, administrative power, and gun rights.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The Vallejo Police Department placed Tonn on administrative leave after the shooting, and fired him in 2021.
    Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Mark Kelly Want a classic example of the administrative state gone wild?
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Kwong was placed on administrative leave in March 2022, and the county hired a law firm, Sheppard Mullin, to investigate the allegations.
    Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • After the trial, the administrative judge will write an opinion, detailing his or her findings from the trial as well as an application of facts to the law.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Because there is a lot of pre-trial work, including administrative detail, that must be attended to for a case to get to trial.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Starting from the tiny ridges of our fingertips, the performance looks into how the administrative tool enables the free crossing of EU borders to some, and the exclusion of others.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
  • North College Hill's fire chief was placed on administrative leave Saturday as the city faces a mass resignation of the fire department's staff.
    The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Buckley has been placed on administrative leave, the department said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But without someone who could speak English and handle the day-to-day administrative tasks, the foundation has been mostly dormant.
    Amy Qin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • That means that unless the Johnson waives the 72-hour rule or the Senate speeds up the process, there could be a small administrative shutdown over the weekend, which would have little-to-no impact the federal agencies that are included in the bill.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Unless the company settles the case beforehand, a hearing on the complaint is scheduled to be held before an administrative judge on March 5, per CBS.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In the short term, the hospital hopes to implement such tools on the administrative and financial sides and is soliciting feedback from staff on where AI tools might help people.
    Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • The Republic pays all administrative costs, so 100% of donations go back to the community.
    Alexis Waiss, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The officers involved in the case were placed on administrative leave following the shooting, but returned to full-time active duty in October.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2023

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