administrations

noun

plural of administration
1
as in governments
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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2
as in managements
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 administrations The Bush and Obama administrations were heavily criticized by Republicans for the bailout, spurring on the nascent Tea Party movement with complaints of government overreach into the free market. — Norah Rami, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 Those deals took place under multiple presidential administrations of both parties, and various FTC leaders. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 As nonpartisan members of the congressional staff, most parliamentarians serve across administrations and Congresses, but occasionally they have been replaced in the Senate when a new party takes over the leadership. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Across administrations, both military leaders and career civilians have sought to foster a culture of respect throughout the armed forces. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Successive administrations have disagreed sharply over how broadly that test should be applied. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 By then, construction of the Grand Mosque had begun with support from the French government and African colonial administrations. — Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 Catherine Lhamon led the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in the Obama and Biden administrations and is now executive director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy at the University of California-Berkeley School of Law. — Claire Sibonney, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Our government has passed on dealing with this for years and many administrations. — Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for administrations
  1. governments
  2. managements
  3. rules
  4. operations
  5. regimes
  6. supervisions
  7. controls
  8. oversights
Noun
  • Waste plastic could provide another source of hydrocarbons for fuel production, particularly as governments and industry look for ways to deal with both plastic waste and aviation emissions.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Much of the remaining acreage consists of brownfield developments that were allowed to dilapidate into disrepair under the governments of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro.
    — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of governments
Noun
  • Most managements feel that the — on the price of their shares — that the higher, the better.
    — Alex Crippen, CNBC, 9 Aug. 2026
  • These are different eras, and the respective managements are no longer the same, but something about this feels off.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Definition of managements
Noun
  • Landlords and billing firms argue RUBS promotes conservation and recoups rising costs, even as studies, regulators and a recent legal settlement push for submetering and stronger transparency rules.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But the court’s unsigned emergency ruling injects new uncertainty about voting rules in Georgia a little more than two months before the midterms.
    — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of rules
Noun
  • Managers guide a roster constructed by their general manager or head of baseball operations.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Organizations need security operations capable of correlating multiple attack vectors, responding at machine speed and continuously learning from attacks occurring far beyond the walls of any single enterprise.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of operations
Noun
  • The intervention underscores Russia’s new role as protector of military regimes across the Sahel, where Africa Corps has replaced Wagner and prioritizes keeping juntas in power over battling insurgent groups.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The regimes that employed Elwood gave rise to a decade of violence and instability in the Middle East, the aftershocks of which are still being felt.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of regimes
Noun
  • This overreach and weaponization of the government manifested especially clearly in burdensome regulations and guidance; in extensive and onerous supervisions; in investigations and cases, frequently leading to crushing penalties and injunctive terms unrelated to actual harm.
    — Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of supervisions
Noun
  • Age verifications and parental controls come with notorious loopholes.
    — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Recent incidents, like OpenAI's models bypassing controls and Anthropic's models accessing real systems, underscore this threat.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of controls
Noun
  • Now known formally as the Contemporary Baseball Era and Classic Baseball Era committees but still loosely as the Veterans Committee, this group meant to correct oversights continues to let in marginal guys.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
  • If done well, and with a human in the loop, AI could help identify trends in incidents, equipment issues, training gaps, certifications, expiration dates, maintenance reminders and emergency preparedness plan oversights.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of oversights

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“Administrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrations. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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