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The phrase "a former administration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a previous government or management team that has since been replaced or succeeded by another.
Example: "The new policies introduced by the current government differ significantly from those of a former administration."
Alternatives: "a previous administration" or "an earlier administration".
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"We just thought" what the heck, said a former administration official.
A former administration official recently defended the decision not to employ a commando strike.
"The mayor should have been the one to announce it," said a former administration official.
"She threw a fit," a former administration official close to Mr. Cheney recalled.
"The controversy was mostly about that issue," said a former administration official involved in the dispute.
"I don't think it's going to get any better any time soon," said a former administration official.
"Because it was an election year, there was heightened sensitivity in the office," a former administration staffer said.
"If you look back over the past four years," a former administration official said recently, "we haven't moved the Chinese at all".
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It was a powerful statement not least because it was authored by a number of former administration officials with recent experience of these issues.
That collaboration also led to the accumulation of enormous wealth by a number of former administration officials.
"We're spending more on social policy, not less," said David Ellwood, a Harvard economist and former administration official.
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