as in managerial
suited for or relating to the directing of things
among his other administrative duties is the appointment of transit authority officials
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The hearing at the Senate Armed Services Committee is the start of a weeklong marathon as senators begin scrutinizing Trump’s choices for more than a dozen top administrative positions.
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Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
And Trump has seemed emboldened by this boost: His staff and surrogates have claimed a mandate to enact swift and comprehensive legislative change and fundamentally rework the administrative state.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Allentown officer Weaver has been placed on administrative leave.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
But most editors were largely indifferent to administrative reform and didn’t see his investigation as particularly newsworthy.
—Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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Lisa Mascaro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
And Trump has seemed emboldened by this boost: His staff and surrogates have claimed a mandate to enact swift and comprehensive legislative change and fundamentally rework the administrative state.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Allentown officer Weaver has been placed on administrative leave.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
But most editors were largely indifferent to administrative reform and didn’t see his investigation as particularly newsworthy.
—Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made By History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Administrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrative. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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