agencies

noun

plural of agency
1
as in departments
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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2
as in instrumentalities
something used to achieve an end by what agency do you plan to acquire this fortune?

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Recent Examples of agencies The large agencies supporting the project include the Metropolitan Water District, which delivers water for nearly 19 million people across Southern California. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026 The measure speeds permitting approval under the California Environmental Quality Act by placing deadlines on government agencies to issue or deny permits within a year. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026 Unlike consumer-facing creator conventions, Paris Creator Week is positioning itself as a B2B gathering where creators, media execs, platforms, brands, agencies and investors can explore partnerships and new business models. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026 Several government agencies, ministries and policy banks have been mobilized to steer overseas mining deals. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026 The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA will investigate, both agencies confirmed. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026 At the same time, federal agencies have rolled back numerous anti-climate change measures in moves that critics say leave the country more vulnerable to warming and emissions. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026 Multiple agencies responded, including the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026 Florida has already given hundreds of millions of additional money to law enforcement agencies in the state in exchange for their participation in the program. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agencies
  1. departments
  2. agents
  3. bureaus
  4. means
  5. offices
  6. vehicles
  7. services
  8. instruments
Noun
  • The auditor may perform audits or reviews of any of the Clay County offices or departments.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2026
  • State and local health departments can share alerts for regional products, and your grocery store may post recalls online or send them through email and loyalty programs.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • The call came as the district pressed for better coordination after ICE agents in late October were spotted near Ethel Phillips Elementary, causing concern among students and families during after school pickup.
    — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Vargas and the other California Representatives who wrote to DHS said that video footage from the incident appeared to show the 8-yeard-old being restrained by federal agents.
    — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of agents
Noun
  • Security bureaus obsessively police information flows and political conduct, while neighborhood units monitor every household.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 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
Definition of bureaus
Noun
  • But if that’s what being an American means, many Latinos said on Tuesday, then screw assimilation.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Most executives have never been told what active and visible sponsorship means.
    — Leslie Ellis, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of means
Noun
  • In the Silver State, Democrats swept all five state constitutional offices--and none of the races was particularly close.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Democrat Gina Hinojosa is now the governor-elect and her state House colleague Vikki Goodwin won her bid for lieutenant governor, giving the party control of Texas’ top two executive offices.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of offices
Noun
  • Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said that 70,000 police officers were deployed, backed by armored vehicles, drones and helicopters.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The new stage will be powered by one BE-7 engine, which the company developed for use on its Blue Moon spacecraft, one of the two private vehicles that NASA selected to be crewed lunar landers for its Artemis program.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of vehicles
Noun
  • The Fort Worth and Fort Collins shows—the former the only 1976 show ever officially pressed to vinyl, the latter released to streaming services without notice a week before the box’s arrival—are instant classics of Dylan’s entire live oeuvre.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Oxley Grading's spokesperson said there may be room for lower-cost services aimed at collectors who care more about a card’s artwork, sentimental value or preservation than maximizing its resale value.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of services
Noun
  • While sharing little in common with dueling-guitar acts such as the Allman Brothers Band or ’70s contemporaries the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, Television also drew its power from the preternatural rapport between Verlaine and Lloyd’s instruments.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Thankfully, percussion and other high-frequency instruments sounded pretty good, though.
    — Christian de Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of instruments

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