Definition of administrativenext
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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Recent Examples of administrative Cené is a professor of medicine and public health at UC San Diego and chief administrative officer and associate chief medical officer for health equity at UC San Diego Health. Crystal Cene, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 The school had also employed about two dozen teachers and administrative staff, many of whom were young graduates in their 20s now without an income – at a time when their nation’s already struggling economy has been further pounded by war. Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026 Shaban dismissed the New York suspension as a relatively minor, administrative oversight. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026 The vulnerability stems from the failure of OpenClaw to invoke any authentication during the request for administrative-level pairing. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for administrative
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managerial
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  • Available only at the Milan campus for the moment, the core offering of the new educational project will be a three-year undergraduate program starting in October and mixing creative, technical and managerial skills.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Games 1 and 2 provided little opportunity for managerial input.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026

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“Administrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/administrative. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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