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subagency

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Recent Examples of subagency 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 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

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State agencies, including the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, have helped local officials with damage assessments and power restoration, among other tasks.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026
But Khan has also invested in bringing in a much broader array of companies and government agencies, so tenants from outside financial services now account for almost half of his office space.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Twenty-seven states have passed laws ensuring that defendants in consumer debt cases have the right to an attorney once jail time becomes a possibility, Jones said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Kolodin, an attorney who had lost a GOP primary for the state Senate that summer, was seen as something of a gadfly by some in the state GOP and hardly seen at all by others.

— Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

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When Hanne, a staff member of a struggling animal rescue, unexpectedly becomes executor of a wealthy hunting family’s estate, a bitter battle over the inheritance erupts.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
His executor is now going through his book collection, which will be donated to the Palladio Museum in Italy and was arranged according to a unique system of his own invention.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of executor

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Agents in Jira are generally available, allowing teams to assign work items to AI agents using the same interface as for human assignees, with full audit logging designed for compliance teams.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
To assign a task, simply tick a box, add a description, choose assignees, and input an optional due date.

— Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of assignee

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Thurman said Life Time has a contract with Freeman Health System for emergency medical services and is set to pay overtime for McDonald County Sheriff's Office deputies working to keep the race safe.

— Glory Reitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
One deputy was caught directly under branches and the tree's trunk, but was spared in part by the SUV obstructing the fall.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026

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