Thesaurus results for AGENCIES

agencies

noun

plural 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 agencies Both agencies have seen a notable decline in Republican support. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 While international observers initially blamed Moscow for the blasts, investigators later found suggestions that Ukrainian state security agencies may have been involved — even though Ukraine counts Germany as one of its closest allies. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 The measure works largely by imposing deadlines on state agencies and courts to issue decisions quickly. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026 But as the technology and its use by federal agencies expands, a handful of people have taken matters into their own hands. — Hannah Chinn, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026 Cosay’s experience helped guide many clients and many younger agents to develop hits that would reap millions of dollars for all involved in syndication and through lucrative packaging deals for talent agencies. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 Whereas traditional agencies have gotten increasingly into the creator economy as time has gone on, with film & TV as foundational pillars, Select’s early expertise came in the creator space. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The enigma of comets and asteroids lured the world’s space agencies into funding a series of robotic probes to study them. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026 The agencies said the previous procedures were not designed for these offenses and that the new framework would allow officials to impose more penalties more quickly. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026

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Only 27% of Americans view both the State and Justice departments positively, and while Republicansâ€™ approval of those departments has held relatively steady, itâ€™s also below 50%.

— Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Getting different departments to work together is another challenge.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

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Belgal was shot by ICE Thursday, according to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who said agents surrounded the man and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple times.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
On the other hand, those whiz-bang AI agents could simply shift companies’ existing software spending rather than actually grow it as hoped.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of agents

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For Lev, assessing what participants take home means asking about their behavior.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
On social media, viewers immediately marveled at Rosalía’s ability to deliver her usual powerful vocals during the first song while striking the pose — and some wondered if she was somehow being propped up through unseen means.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of means

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Another major collapse occurred at the provincial government headquarters in Coclé, where an entire side of the building gave way, exposing the offices inside.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Some offices, schools, and the Expo 2030 construction site near the airport were evacuated on Thursday.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of offices

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The automaker operates production facilities in Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan, Qingdao, and Tianjin, producing vehicles under the Volkswagen, Audi, and Jetta brands.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Surveillance video shows three vehicles circling the parking lot before a white Toyota Tacoma barrels through the storefront, shattering glass and sending employees running.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vehicles

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One of the consultants, Denver transportation attorney Brett Butzin, billed almost $130,000 for flights in a single year while charging almost $600 an hour for his services.

— Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Coming out of the pandemic, services companies had excess equipment and were eyeing growth.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of services

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Sweetwater, an online music instruments retailer, had swept in to steal market share with more serious musicians, while mass retailers like Walmart were attracting entry-level guitarists.

— Phil Wahba, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The latter scope which includes the instruments HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) and NIRPS (Near Infra Red Planet Searcher), which astronomers use to find and study exoplanets — worlds outside of our solar system.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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