How to Use agency in a Sentence

agency

noun
  • The employment agency helps those who have been recently laid off find jobs.
  • Still, the Panthers need to add pieces to this unit through free agency and the draft.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The agency said the drop in tourism is costing the entire state $9 million per day.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Starr said agencies use informants to catch a big fish.
    Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The agency grounded 171 of the planes the day after the Alaska Airlines accident.
    Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The agency said the infractions are part of a pattern at the facility for over a decade.
    Gwozniac, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Among success stories, the agency cites the example of the barrier reefs in Belize, which were added to the list in 2009.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • All wireless phones should receive the message only once, the agencies said.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The agency would prohibit new leasing on more than 10 million acres, or more than 40% of the reserve.
    Reuters, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • She was placed in the agency’s custody pending prosecution in the new case.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The Nashville Fire Department responded to the scene and used protective suits and air tanks to test the substance on the letter, the agency said in a tweet.
    Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • The agency cleared its own top bosses and those at the central government of any wrongdoing.
    TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The agency controlled about two-thirds of the market, and nearly half its projects were forest-carbon schemes like Kariba.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In 2021, the agency accused Matthew Panuwat of insider trading.
    Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 22 June 2023
  • The state agency has not yet responded to Field & Stream‘s request for comment on the more recent lawsuit.
    Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • The agency captured 18 ferrets, seven males and 11 females, to help recover the species.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Continue reading here How much will Shohei Ohtani’s injury cost him in free agency?
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Strong surface winds and wind shear raised the risk of rotation and tornadoes in Alabama on Wednesday evening, the agency said.
    Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The agency said there would be no alternative bus service between the closed stations.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • And bring only a minimal number of items in a clear bag, as the agency does not have any space to store your personal belongings.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The agency concluded its statement by explaining the likely reason for the bear's presence in the famous theme park.
    Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • My original intention was to write a book about agency.
    WIRED, 14 June 2023
  • The agency says more than twice as many Americans are expected to travel abroad this summer compared to last.
    Dr. Jade Cobern, ABC News, 22 June 2023
  • Another option would be to decrease the tax dollars sent to every government agency by 1% a year for five years.
    Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Some doses of semaglutide are still listed as in shortage on the agency’s drug shortage database website.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • After picking up their fifth-year option on his contract to keep Howard out of free agency the previous year, the Bucs didn’t re-sign him in 2022, and Howard joined Buffalo.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Philips said additional test results were submitted last year to the FDA, but the agency has not yet provided a response.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Recently, however, a government agency found the bank was at fault.
    Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In Europe, where offshore wind has been developed for more than three decades, national agencies also have not found causal links between wind farms and whale deaths.
    Christina Larson, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • He’s been married to former model agency booker Keisha Chambers since 1993.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2024

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