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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country an agent feeding information about enemy troop movements

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Recent Examples of agent The viral video falsely implies that Portland police threatened ICE agents. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 After all, Robbie is a wanted man, holding a gun to the head of the federal agent who has been hunting him. Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025 But, on the brink of elimination and with some players in their free-agent walk years, the roster could look different entering 2026. Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 In 1764, Franklin returned to London as a colonial agent. Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agent
Noun
  • They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.
    Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The long-serving chief executive and deputy chairman does not get voting rights for another five years.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Kimberly Glas is the president and CEO of the National Council of Textile Organizations and former Commerce deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, and materials.
    Kimberly Glas, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Domingo, a house brand ambassador who has worn several custom looks at recent events, is a show regular.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Deadline has confirmed that the original artwork was replaced by stills from the Ian Fleming spy movies over the weekend, following a social media backlash that coincided with James Bond Day on October 5.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Another serendipitous development that’s got Petrie excited is the upcoming second season of The Night Manager with Tom Hiddleston, the British spy thriller adapted from John le Carré’s 1993 novel.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is facing a federal charge of destruction of property by means of fire in connection with the Palisades Fire, according to Bill Essayli, the acting US attorney for Southern California.
    Josh Campbell, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and chief technology officer, has by all means conquered the tech world.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kelsey’s group has facilitated 234 face-to-face surrenders through its hotline, which counsels women who might want to surrender their babies, but just about 62 babies have been left in boxes since Kelsey started the organization, according to Kelly, the nurse and company representative.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Newsweek reached out to Ronaldo's representative via email for comment on Wednesday.
    Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Israel’s top diplomat at the United Nations dismissed delegates who walked out before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Representatives from the Writers Guild of America (West & East), Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Writers Guild of Canada are confirmed as attending, along with delegates from European guilds, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Africa and other parts of Asia.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That debunked audio, which was also AI-generated, turned out to have been created by a political operative, who faced subsequent criminal charges.
    John Wihbey, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Still, the case added to suspicions about the role of Russian operatives in using drones to probe EU defenses.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agent. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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