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 The agency’s enviable list of clients currently includes A24, Amazon Studios, Apple TV +, Focus Features, HBO Documentary Films, Hulu, IFC Films, Magnolia, MUBI, Neon, Netflix, PBS, and Searchlight Pictures. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 The total has already surpassed the 5,299 reports recorded during all of 2025 and is on pace to be the highest since the agency began digitally tracking bear-human interactions in 2019. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Pace also operates paratransit service, which is funded separately from the agency’s own budget, for the entire region. — Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Federal agencies needed to cooperate because of the executive order. — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agency

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Noun

The department said the suspect remained at the scene and was taken into custody.

— Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Her hiring came after allegations of a toxic and abusive culture within the department surfaced in a 2020 lawsuit filed by Jennifer Conviser, a sport psychologist who had consulted with DePaul’s athletic department from 2005 to 2018.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of department

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Gutman was named in a lawsuit filed by Samira Said, who worked as a field producer for ABC News in its Los Angeles bureau from May 2021 until March 2025.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Gutman, 48, is listed as a defendant, along with ABC, Disney and ABC News bureau chief David Herndon.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of bureau

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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
Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.

— Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025

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The investigation began after the sheriff's office received reports of possible fraudulent sales involving RVs placed on consignment in March.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
McLaurin, the nominee for lieutenant governor, is trying to become the first Democrat to win the powerful seat since Mark Taylor left office in 2007.

— David Wickert, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of office

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Because having a major LLM now adopt automatic watermarking of all its AI outputs has caused masses of people to rush to find a means to defeat the watermarking.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Defense attorney Steve Haney argued that there was no evidence Rinderknecht started the blaze, that the fire could have been started by a firework or other means and that the fire scene was not secured.

— Sierra van der Brug, Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of means

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From ChatGPT and Claude, to autonomous vehicles, to the music streaming services recommend to users – people are interacting with AI regularly.

— Max Darrow, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Vitaly, the neighbor from Horodyshche, said Berezovska’s mother was inconsolable during the service, which was attended by many.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of service

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For customer Charlie Plumley, the result was enough to replace his own classic Bronco with a Vintage Modern vehicle.

— Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Investigators used the plate to identify the suspect vehicle as an Acura TL sedan, which was found a short time later abandoned in Sunnyvale.

— Jason Green, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

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