Thesaurus results for AGENTS

agents

noun

plural of agent

as in instrumentalities

something used to achieve an end the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries

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as in representatives

a person who acts or does business for another the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player

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as in ambassadors

a person sent on a mission to represent another an undercover agent of the Crown

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as in spies

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 agents Two men who were with Salgado Araujo disputed the government’s account, saying the agents’ vehicles bumped into them and then swayed into the van, forcing them to stop. — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 The industry tends to shed agents, especially new ones — the median income for Realtors who have been working for less than two years is $8,100. — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 July 2026 Named SceneSmith, the platform uses three collaborative AI agents to build detailed virtual spaces, including kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, by arranging objects, walls, and room layouts. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026 The agents involved in the Maine incident were not using body cameras, and the victim, a 26-year-old Colombian national, was not the target of their probe, officials said. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The man ran away from agents and was hit by a truck, Florida Highway Patrol Master Sergeant Dylan Bryan told the Miami Herald. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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Noun

Making the final means the Huskies could be very good this fall.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Workers and advocates say losing those employees will cost the airport knowledgeable workers and leave their families without means to support themselves.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026

Definition of means

Noun

Before the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, Lineage representatives lobbied City Hall over the rooftop solar array.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Volkswagen's labor representatives were said to have blocked a restructuring of the company at Thursday's meeting, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed sources.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 July 2026

Definition of representatives

Noun

Ahead of the visit, agency officials have met with ambassadors and ministers from the region.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
The two nations recalled their ambassadors and closed their airspace in April 2025 after the drone shooting, with Algeria accusing Mali of repeatedly violating its airspace.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of ambassadors

Noun

To Robby and Michael, suddenly seeing their parents in the news again as spies was painful.

— Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Reddick loads her genre-blurring tale with outlandish intrigue involving Soviet spies, a capitalist cult and a roving choir that doubles as a Greek chorus.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of spies

Noun

Do not follow large vehicles closely - Large vehicles like trucks or buses can create a spray of water that can reduce your visibility.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 July 2026
The League of United Latin American Citizens offered a $5,000 reward for video or other evidence, but the positions of the vehicles means surveillance cameras in the area were blocked from recording the shooting, CEO Juan Proaño said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2026

Definition of vehicles

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Ten years after some Bernie Sanders delegates marched out of the Democratic National Convention, the party is still cautious about using its resources to beat the left.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
The Maine Democratic Party will hold a convention on July 25, where 601 delegates will choose that nominee.

— Tamara Keith, NPR, 14 July 2026

Definition of delegates

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The talks come after the Qatari prime minister met with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Tuesday to discuss ongoing US-Iran talks and regional developments.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
The envoys won’t be having direct negotiations with Iranian diplomats while in Qatar’s capital, Doha, said Majed al-Ansari, a spokesman for Qatar’s Foreign Ministry.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of envoys

Noun

A man of the people, a working-class hero, a diamond in the rough unearthed by political operatives riding the high of Mamdani’s rise—the narrative, in and of itself, was a winning strategy.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
Unbeknownst to him, the bottle contained the same nerve agent investigators believe Russian operatives had used three months earlier to poison a former spy in nearby Salisbury.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 July 2026