1
: a list or outline of things to be considered or done
agendas of faculty meetings
2
: an underlying often ideological plan or program
a political agenda
Examples of agenda in a Sentence
The committee set the agenda for the next several years of research.
There are several items on the agenda for tonight's meeting.
What's the first item on the agenda?
Such an idea has been high on the political agenda for some time.
He wants to push his own agenda no matter what the others say.
Recent Examples on the Web
Here's what's on the agenda as Congress comes back to Washington.
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Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
And less than three years after changing its name from Facebook to focus on virtual worlds, Meta Platforms in January revealed that AGI was also on the top of its agenda.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Instead, all but a couple of the 28 items on its new agenda would not cost the state budget anything, but rather would affect policies in the private economy, in schools, in courts and in medical care.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Mayor David Mayfield, who has been a vocal critic of the Record, will not attend the meeting, according to an agenda packet posted online Friday afternoon.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
According to LAist, the news site that has spearheaded reporting on the controversy, Do has directed as much as $13.5 million in government money to the nonprofit, often without placing it on a public agenda and without disclosing his daughter’s connection to the group.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Second, the current President, Yoon Suk Yeol, won election in 2022 on an explicitly anti-feminist agenda, with a promise to abolish the ministry for gender equality.
—Richard V. Reeves, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
President Biden is discovering that passing one of the most ambitious legislative agendas in recent American history may have been the easy part.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Wednesday’s commission agenda includes proposals for a fitness festival and a financial conference in March 2025.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2024
And less than three years after changing its name from Facebook to focus on virtual worlds, Meta Platforms in January revealed that AGI was also on the top of its agenda.
—Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
Instead, all but a couple of the 28 items on its new agenda would not cost the state budget anything, but rather would affect policies in the private economy, in schools, in courts and in medical care.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
Mayor David Mayfield, who has been a vocal critic of the Record, will not attend the meeting, according to an agenda packet posted online Friday afternoon.
—Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
According to LAist, the news site that has spearheaded reporting on the controversy, Do has directed as much as $13.5 million in government money to the nonprofit, often without placing it on a public agenda and without disclosing his daughter’s connection to the group.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Second, the current President, Yoon Suk Yeol, won election in 2022 on an explicitly anti-feminist agenda, with a promise to abolish the ministry for gender equality.
—Richard V. Reeves, TIME, 6 Apr. 2024
President Biden is discovering that passing one of the most ambitious legislative agendas in recent American history may have been the easy part.
—Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Wednesday’s commission agenda includes proposals for a fitness festival and a financial conference in March 2025.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
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“Agenda.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agenda. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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noun
agen·da
ə-ˈjen-də 
: a list of items of business to be considered (as at a meeting)
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