agencywide

adjective

agen·​cy·​wide ˈā-jən(t)-sē-ˌwīd 

: extended or existing throughout an agency

Many individual humanitarian organizations are seeking to familiarize far-flung personnel with each other's work and to cultivate more agencywide team effort.

—Larry Minear, The Humanitarian Enterprise, 2002

Word History

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above

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