Carter administration
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈkɑrtər ˌædmɪnɪˈstreɪʃən/
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administración de Carter
- Magellan was originally approved in one form by the Carter administration in 1980.
- Carter administration's policy
- Carter administration's China policy
- Carter administration and Congress
Examples
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And yet that was less of a problem for the Carter administration than one might expect from this historical vantage point.
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Yes, I was around during the Carter administration, though only in high school.
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House office, although this was not implemented until the start of the Carter administration.
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Moreover, despite U.S. opposition, South Korea was still said to have a nuclear weapons program during the Carter administration.
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Indeed, human rights issues were secondary, even for a Carter administration that had declared its commitment to promoting them globally.
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The U.S. government, under the Carter administration, immediately took an interest in the Maqarin Dam Project.
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Bilateral relations with China flourished during the Carter administration, and China's leader Deng Xiaoping visited the United States in 1979.
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The Carter administration focused on energy conservation and environmental policy.
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During the Carter administration, many social programs were introduced to help the disadvantaged.
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The economic challenges faced during the Carter administration included high inflation and unemployment.
Synonyms
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4.0
The period when a president or leader is in office
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3.8
The time when a person serves as a country's president
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3.9
The part of a government that carries out laws, led by a president or prime minister
Surface Forms
Morphology
Carter + administration
The phrase combines a proper name ('Carter') with 'administration' (a leader's term in office), following the common and productive pattern 'X administration' meaning the government during X's presidency. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically familiar, so a B1 learner who knows the name and the noun 'administration' can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Carter administration is named after President Jimmy Carter and refers to the people and government running the United States from 1977 to 1981. Here, 'administration' means the team in charge during a president's 'time in office', so the phrase simply means the U.S. government while Carter was president.