How to Use agency in a Sentence
agency
noun- The employment agency helps those who have been recently laid off find jobs.
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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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