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
  • After the disappointing finish to his team's season, Alonso declared his intent to opt out of the second year of his contract and re-enter free agency from the Marlins' visiting clubhouse.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The first wave of Social Security payments for the month of October is set to be sent to recipients this week, the first such disbursements under the agency's new paperless policy.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Union attorneys argue the OMB overstepped its legal authority, asserting that federal law does not permit reductions in force during a lapse in appropriations.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Graf asked after attorneys for both sides had introduced themselves.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His father, Robert, was a Cambridge graduate and a schoolmaster who died in 1879, leaving a modest estate, of which Henry, the eldest of eight children, was an executor.
    Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The Hill has reached out to Darren Indyke, the co-executor with Richard Kahn of Epstein’s estate, for comment.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 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
  • Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.
    Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This includes 30 people in Bogo City, a coastal city near to the epicentre of the earthquake with a population of 90,000, ABC News and the BBC reported, citing OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Alejandro.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Subagency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subagency. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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