admin
1 Americannoun
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admins
plural
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administration; administrative work.
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an administrative assistant.
My admin will call you back with that information later today.
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an administrator.
government admins.
adjective
abbreviation
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of admin
By shortening
Example Sentences
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The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
One of the silver linings of so many people working from home during the pandemic, in my opinion, is that it helped normalize doing a lot of life admin while working remotely.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The push for answers has been getting stronger and more visible in the UFO community recently, she said; as an admin of a dedicated UFO Facebook group, she's seen it firsthand.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The Facebook page’s admin, Mark Ross, says, “New England Chinese food is unlike ‘Chinese food’ served elsewhere in the nation.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
“The event is set to invite-only; you can’t find the page unless you’ve been invited. I’ve made myself and each of you an admin on the event page so you can invite anyone you trust.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Politico called the 19th the “the start-up scoring all the Biden admin. interviews,” noting that it has also interviewed prominent Republican women.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2021
Chinese hacking: Obama admin. signals it will elevate issue with Beijing The U.S. says it will raise its opposition to hacking within the already-complicated U.S.-China relationship.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2013
Career included personnel admin.; teaching; writing; research; computer programming; and budget analysis.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2010
See also admin. of goods, granted to his sister Alice Buklond and his nephew John, son of Sir John.
From Shakespeare's Family by C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael) Stopes
Anthropic said it has rolled out features that help IT admins in areas like role-based access, spend controls, usage analytics, audit logging and curated plug-in libraries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
“It’s easy to become the dancer first before the human, and I hope that this inspires leaders, dancers, admins and people in the industry to listen to themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
They said they wanted Reddit admins to realise that they rely on moderators to operate the site and felt that the only way to send a message was by harming Reddit's traffic.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023
Andrea Vincent, an admin for a Facebook pregnancy support group, told Salon as admins they often find themselves having to monitor misinformation in the group.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2023
“Maybe a private group to reach out to people? And we can make ourselves admins so that we can approve every person who is invited. Just to make sure.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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