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subagency

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as in agency

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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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But the agency’s independent vaccine advisers unanimously voted in June that the new vaccine’s benefits outweigh its risks.

— Elise Haulund, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Bill Flood, a spokesman for DEEP, said the agency decided to commission a new population survey to help inform its ongoing conservation efforts and its work to mitigate conflicts between people and bears.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

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Zoe’s introduction is also step one of a pretty funny set of small-town reveals, the next of which is the defense attorney who comes to Hal’s aid in court the next morning, Billy Macon (Jason Ritter).

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 17 Aug. 2026
At a bond hearing earlier this year, Fernandez Saldana’s attorney said there was no proof his client’s guilt was evident, CNN affiliate Action News Jax reported.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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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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Among them were Broward County sheriff’s deputies who wanted photos and a trio of women who lamented they had been drawn into a new Republican-leaning district.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
His prosecutor was a young Johnnie Cochran, later to be a superstar defense lawyer, then a deputy city attorney.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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