intelligencers

plural of intelligencer
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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 as the nation's top intelligencer, the director of the CIA should have been more skeptical of the information he was being fed

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Noun
  • Authorities were not immediately sure what caused the crash, and Cordero-Stutz declined to answer additional questions from reporters.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Those game-changing swings don’t happen, Crow-Armstrong reminds reporters, without the teammates who extend the inning and create opportunities.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Five categories of spies are described, and espionage is treated as essential to providing rulers and commanders with the foreknowledge needed to make informed strategic decisions.
    Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond bioweapons, Russia spies Anthropic also uncovered a Russian espionage operation that used Claude to automate much of its cyber campaign.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The center hosted a panel with Kiernan and six other current and former journalists recalling the day’s coverage on the anniversary.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Being able to verify that an image began as an actual camera capture could become valuable for journalists, investigators or anyone documenting something important.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Slow Horses fanatics will recognize her as one of the veteran MI5 operatives stuck in the agency’s version of purgatory, known as Slough House.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Neither allowed al-Qaeda to establish new training camps, and Pakistani authorities, in particular, regularly helped the United States arrest and kill the group’s operatives.
    Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Douthat is the only newcomer added to the opening credits where the correspondents introduce themselves on camera.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Weiss’ overhaul of the show interrupted a critical off-season period when correspondents typically try to file and finish a segment for the fall.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Patel later suggested that the scope of firings had been overblown, saying many agents had retired on their own.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Agents can call APIs, query databases, retrieve documents, invoke other models, generate files, trigger workflows, connect to SaaS platforms and even delegate work to other agents.
    Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The other military assets involved are our friends and allies in the region.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Irrevocable trusts generally can't be changed and are often used to protect assets, minimize estate taxes or manage more complex assets and family situations.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • So and his lead co-stars Choi Dae-hoon and Yoon Kyung-ho formed the perfect trio of lethal secret agents masquerading as bumbling middle-aged dads, displaying remarkable chemistry.
    Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • It's been nearly a decade since The Night Manager ensnared viewers in its sticky web of arms dealers, secret agents, and dodgy bureaucrats.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Intelligencers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intelligencers. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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