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Recent Examples of agency His administration is targeting a long-standing Supreme Court precedent known as Humphrey’s Executor, a 1935 opinion that saw a unanimous high court rule that presidents lack authority to remove heads of independent agencies unilaterally. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 3 May 2025 Trump’s latest budget proposal also calls for eliminating funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services, along with a host of other small agencies. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 May 2025 This is from other U.N. agencies, other N.G.O.s, doctors, surgeons. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 2 May 2025 During an April 22 press conference, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency intends to revoke approvals for certain dyes and work alongside industry leaders to achieve elimination of the additives. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agency
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Noun
  • The College For Creative Studies Fashion Design Program is recognized as the largest and most equipped fashion accessory design department in the United States.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • An email sent in March from a former employee in the finance department to top management which was reviewed by The Times said MBN had $8 million in its accounts, including $4.7 million that could have been used to cover unused annual leave and partial severance.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • This solution integrates contact centers with operational systems, enabling both self-service and live agent support across channels like voice, chat, and SMS.
    Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The team also included A.R.G.U.S. agent John Economos (Steve Agee) of the Belle Reve Penitentiary, National Security Agency agent and former Waller aide Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), and new team member Leota Adebayo (Danielle Brooks).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • All no-knock warrants will be served by SWAT officers after approval from a bureau chief and a Cook County judge, according to the department.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025
  • In: United States Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. RFK Jr. Alexander Tin Alexander Tin is a digital reporter for CBS News based in the Washington, D.C. bureau.
    Alexander Tin May 8, CBS News, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Marvel pic is contributing to the continuing boom in moviegoing currently underway at the box office, with ticket sales for the weekend up 95 percent over least year when Marvel sat on the sidelines and The Fall Guy kicked off summer to disappointing results.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2025
  • At 92, Harriet still goes to the office at Crime Victims United every day.
    Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley, CBS News, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • But Fraser retains her cocked eyebrow, ever aware that the pomp is in service of a product for which demand has been calculatingly manufactured.
    Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Trump’s existing tariffs do not apply to services, and there currently is a World Trade Organization moratorium on digital goods that is in effect through 2026.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 4 May 2025
Noun
  • An Ohio sheriff's deputy working on a traffic detail near the University of Cincinnati was struck and killed Friday by a vehicle driven by the father of a teenager who was shot and killed by authorities a day earlier, police said.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
  • Ford did see sales dips in its all-electric vehicles.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The 2025 Lincoln Navigator flagship gets dramatic new looks and features, including dramatic exterior lights, a new body and a high-def 48-inch instrument display stretching nearly the width of the big SUV’s dashboard.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 May 2025
  • One of Juno’s ten active instruments, the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) was specifically invented for the mission.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025

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“Agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agency. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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