subagency

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Recent Examples of subagency The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the U.S. Department of Justice subagency that oversees immigration courts and established the dedicated docket, did not respond to a request for comment. Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022 House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D.-Conn., asked the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether or not the FDA, a subagency of HHS, took appropriate and effective action. NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022 Employers would likely have to present their plans to OSHA, a subagency of the Labor Department, during a workplace inspection and could be fined for violations. Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021 ASHINGTON — Health secretary Alex Azar suddenly appointed a new top lawyer at the Food and Drug Administration just hours after the subagency had announced its own pick for the post. Nicholas Florko, STAT, 11 Jan. 2021 The subcommittee took particular aim at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a subagency within the Executive Office of the President. Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subagency
Noun
  • Cantrell said the sheriff's office has never been contacted by any federal agencies questioning the spending.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2025
  • While the expansion has led to more arrests, especially in Florida, many local agencies are reluctant to participate.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • An attorney for Reynolds said his client was conducting an exit poll, not electioneering.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2025
  • His dad and prominent local attorney, Alex Murdaugh, was later convicted of the double homicide.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If the tenant died without an executor, a personal or court-appointed representative will handle the estate.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Contact information for executor Include names, current addresses and Social Security numbers of all people named in the estate documents and contact information for your estate attorney and CPA.
    Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sometimes, assignees need to do tasks in a certain order, and the completion of some tasks might change what future tasks entail.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
  • As a mere assignee of Addington's interest, BAL did not gain Addington's governance rights.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Walter Gino Antonio became the final victim Antonio, 61, a security guard and Brevard County reserve deputy, was found along a remote Dixie County road wearing only socks.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Authorities have confirmed a man fatally stabbed last week was the husband of the woman that Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested on suspicion of his killing.
    Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Subagency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subagency. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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