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federal
Adjective
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The federal government is the main country-wide government in a country where there are also state or provincial governments.
The federal government has said that it will not increase payments to the provinces.
While education is a federal issue in countries like Japan, it is more local in countries like Canada or the U.S.
Federal taxes will increase next year.
communications
Noun
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Communications is the science of communicating.
administration
Noun
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The administration are the people who run and organise an organisation such as a business or government.
In short, the administration does not actually know why it wants a space station.
The Bush administration has one of the worst records of any American government.