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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Operating expenses included a provision for captive insurance liability of $33.6 million and selling, general, and administrative expenses of $93.4 million.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
This is the bottom-up part of President Trump’s effort -- led by Elon Musk and DOGE -- to pare back the federal workforce and the administrative state.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
The agency also anticipates that the improved system will help alleviate backlogs and allow administrative staff to focus on other critical tasks.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
By supporting such systems, custody solutions can ensure that user data remains synchronized in real time, simplifying access control, improving reporting accuracy and reducing administrative overhead.
—Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
This is the bottom-up part of President Trump’s effort -- led by Elon Musk and DOGE -- to pare back the federal workforce and the administrative state.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
The agency also anticipates that the improved system will help alleviate backlogs and allow administrative staff to focus on other critical tasks.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
By supporting such systems, custody solutions can ensure that user data remains synchronized in real time, simplifying access control, improving reporting accuracy and reducing administrative overhead.
—Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for administrative
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“Administrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrative. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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