How to Use agency in a Sentence

agency

noun
  • The employment agency helps those who have been recently laid off find jobs.
  • Not much is known about the substance, the agency said, but urged the public to stay away from it.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Although that delayed demolition, there's little more the state agency can do to protect the building.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • His company SpaceX relies on contracts with three-letter agencies and the Pentagon.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
  • As of this month, 14 states allow adoption agencies to discriminate based on religious preferences.
    Richard Fowler, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The first illness was reported in early December 2022, the agency said.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Still, the Panthers need to add pieces to this unit through free agency and the draft.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In a press release, the agency said the the victim was Jade Monique Thomas, 49.
    Brian Bell, Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • He is survived by his wife of 66 years, per the news agency.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The agency said the drop in tourism is costing the entire state $9 million per day.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In the press release, the agency specified that the 18-year-olds would be tried as adults.
    Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The winning teams will move on to compete in the third and final phase of the agency's challenge.
    Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 May 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
  • It’s also spread throughout Asia and to Canada and Europe, per the agency.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
  • Not without an influx of talent both in the lottery and free agency.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 25 Apr. 2023
  • All wireless phones should receive the message only once, the agencies said.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • No one in the National League Central was likely to splurge in free agency.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The agency was looking for a foster placement for a little girl born May 21.
    Sswindler, oregonlive, 1 June 2023
  • Eight years later, with most of its clients and management talent gone, the agency closed.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • 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
  • Her whole arc is about finding agency in her artistry and her songwriting.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 June 2024
  • Now, the space agency may have found a way to keep the 47-year-old probe communicating with Earth from billions of miles away.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • She was placed in the agency’s custody pending prosecution in the new case.
    Emily Davies, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Here's what to know about Apophis and how space agencies hope to protect Earth from other asteroids like it.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • All those agencies were scrambling to find office space in Washing-ton, D.C.
    Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • The draft was abolished, and the caveats included in free agency when it was introduced in 2022 have been removed.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The report by the Department of Justice said the police agency’s blueprint was not enough.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024

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