How to Use administratively in a Sentence

administratively

adverb
  • The goal is to do so administratively, rather than by proposing any new laws.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Most wage theft cases brought by the state are handled administratively or in civil court.
    — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Most of it has to do with making things harder administratively.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And that could be done all administratively, not by going back to Congress.
    — Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
  • For small business owners, these are the areas of your business that likely require the most use of your time administratively.
    — Adam Povlitz, Forbes, 7 July 2022
  • Pate continued to fight the matter administratively, but said the unpaid debt tanked her credit.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The law also means the project could be approved administratively, rather than going before the village council for a vote.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The exception is government debt, which can move against your funds administratively.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • None of these men were court-martialed or administratively penalized.
    — Joshua Kastenberg, The Conversation, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Illinois has built one of the most administratively complex property tax systems in the nation.
    — Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • That may be administratively tidy.
    — Alfred Barry, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That would be administratively complex given the tens of thousands of codes that determine the tariff rates on a variety of products.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Most of the cases are handled administratively.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • If a lawyer has moved firms or retired — as some cases have been administratively closed for 10 years or more — the court may fail to notify the correct attorney.
    — Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
  • The measure asks voters to require local governments to vote on all fee increases, which can now be approved administratively.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2024
  • Instead, his office and legislators negotiated a deal to make some of the changes in the bill administratively instead of through state law.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The services have begun to administratively discharge troops who have refused to get vaccinated.
    — Nancy A. Youssef, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
  • After all, the garnishment process can be slow and administratively burdensome, so many creditors are open to settling even after an order is in place.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Durazo has not yet decided whether to introduce the bill again next year or try to achieve its aims administratively, according to a spokesperson for the senator.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2020
  • On top of my nervousness about the physical and cultural challenges ahead, the fear of being outed and administratively discharged weighed heavily on me.
    — Janessa Goldbeck, refinery29.com, 15 June 2020
  • The presiding judge administratively closed the civil case last week, saying the parties could move to reopen it at the conclusion of the bankruptcy proceedings.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, AJC.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • In doing so, the paintings turn formal reduction into a critique of how memory is administratively managed.
    — Alexandra Martinez, Artforum, 15 Jan. 2026
  • So cutting fossil-fuel subsidies or putting a price on EpiPens and insulin—trying to do some of those things administratively could be possible.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Handling those changes administratively dropped the cost of legislation that was reintroduced this summer to zero, since it was seen largely as a way to codify the Biden rule.
    — Victoria Knight, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Colome said the woman, whose name was not released, was turned over to American Airlines officials to handle administratively.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The program has also been streamlined administratively.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There is a straightforward and administratively easy remedy.
    — David S. Cohen, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2026
  • The problem is rarely a shortage of willing workers, but rather a hiring process that is so slow and administratively punishing that candidates abandon it altogether.
    — Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • The process cannot be completed administratively and must proceed through litigation in federal court, where a judge determines whether the government has met its burden of proof.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Judges may administratively close a case to give time for people who may be eligible for deportation relief — such as through asylum or a green card — to work through the frequently lengthy processes.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025

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