Thesaurus results for AGENCY

agency

noun

ˈā-jən(t)-sē

Definition of agency

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a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the federal agency charged with enforcing laws and regulations regarding the use of firearms

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something used to achieve an end by what agency do you plan to acquire this fortune?

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Recent Examples of agency So far this year, employers — companies, government agencies and nonprofits — have been adding an average of 68,000 jobs a month. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Jason Weida Then the secretary of the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration, Weida worked with the agency’s co-counsel, Andrew Sheeran, on the $67 million Medicaid settlement. — Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 The next governor will choose who leads the agency from a list of recommendations from a legislative commission. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Mortgage decisions draw from federal requirements, agency rules, state and county regulations, loan-program guidelines, borrower documentation, and lender-specific overlays. — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agency

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Noun

To accommodate those patients who’ve been admitted but don’t have a room, the hospital has installed dozens of beds in what was once the emergency department’s waiting room and in adjacent spaces.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
The local police department is conducting a criminal investigation into the events leading up to the collision and the actions of those involved, Kinnan said Wednesday.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

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According to Jáuregui’s defense team, the federal prosecutor’s office said the agents were close to the person who led the operation, the Chihuahua investigations chief who was one of two deceased Mexicans.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Even nicotine-free formulas contain flavorings and solvent agents like propylene glycol and vegetable glycerin.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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The president fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017 as the bureau was investigating ties between Russia and the Republican’s successful 2016 campaign for the White House.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Over and over for years these probes would continue, burning through the resources of five bureaus to turn up exactly the same information in every report.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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Advertisement The war on terror represented a failed effort to impose a unipolar order on the world, one that could no longer rely on the economic instrumentality of globalization alone.

— Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Issued by the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, a state instrumentality created under the Wyoming Stable Token Act (2023), FRNT is fully reserved and managed in partnership with Franklin Templeton.

— Jason Brett, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026

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For over a year, residents of Serbia's capital were blocked from entering one of the city's most prominent parks, nestled between Parliament and Vucic's offices.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Trump won his second term in office just days after the collapse of a new concrete canopy at a train station in Novi Sad, killing 16 people.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of office

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Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.

— Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of means

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Edmond and fellow applicant Jessica Thibodeaux attended the meeting, and each addressed the council to discuss their background and interest in civic service.

— Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Ground systems support the constellation and help sustain the positioning, navigation, and timing services used by military forces.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of service

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Rioters burned close to 6,000 vehicles and damaged over 1,000 buildings.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
In December 2024, researchers revealed that location information associated with around 800,000 vehicles from Volkswagen Group brands had been left accessible online.

— Mike McRae October 20, New Atlas, 21 Oct. 2026

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