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
  • He has been placed on administrative leave and is no longer employed by Plano ISD, the district said.
    — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 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 board weighs in on drafting administrative rules for the agency.
    — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022
  • The deputies are on administrative leave with pay while the probe is ongoing, Taylor said.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 1 June 2023
  • During that time the department has kept the same-sized administrative team of a chief and three captains.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The school police chief was placed on administrative leave last month.
    — Paul Conner, Fox News, 2 July 2022
  • 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
  • The plan is expected to hold general and administrative costs flat for the next two years.
    — Will Feuer, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Much of the way the administrative state works is safeguarded in the minds of career staff who pass their knowledge on to the next cadre of federal workers.
    — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 27 July 2024
  • The administrative hub will be located in the D.C. area.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • But the local administrative center was not designed to take care of that kind of business.
    — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • The Chiefs placed him on administrative leave, and his job with the team ended after his contract was allowed to expire.
    — Margaret Stafford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The Chiefs placed Reid on administrative leave and his job with the team ended after his contract was allowed to expire.
    — CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
  • 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 deputy had been placed on administrative leave, which is routine after a shooting, officials said at the time.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Newsom can use his administrative power to say no to new drilling.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022
  • He has since been placed on administrative leave from his position and resigned from the city council.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 7 July 2022
  • 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
  • That caught Barry Massey, spokesperson for the New Mexico administrative office of the courts, off guard.
    — Eli Hager, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2023
  • She’s had to take administrative desk jobs, submit auditions, and grind.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The agency announced the shuttering on February 24, with staff members put on administrative leave.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025

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