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as in department
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the federal agency charged with enforcing laws and regulations regarding the use of firearms
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as in agent
something used to achieve an end
by what agency do you plan to acquire this fortune?
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Recent Examples of agency
The year 2025 isn't even a week old and NASA is already gearing up for its first big announcement, this one about the agency's ambitious, yet beleaguered, Mars sample return mission.
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Detective Gandy said information about the confession had not been made public earlier because the office was contacting other law enforcement agencies in the South to see if Mr. Greer might be connected to other crimes and because investigators were busy with other homicides.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Large retail credit card issuers also increased the cost of their cards by charging for paper statements, the agency said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
The sightings have put intense pressure on federal agencies to provide more information about the sightings.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Tariq Malik, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Detective Gandy said information about the confession had not been made public earlier because the office was contacting other law enforcement agencies in the South to see if Mr. Greer might be connected to other crimes and because investigators were busy with other homicides.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Large retail credit card issuers also increased the cost of their cards by charging for paper statements, the agency said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
The sightings have put intense pressure on federal agencies to provide more information about the sightings.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Opening the digital doors of our police departments to their prosecutorial partners would be a meaningful step forward in tackling that problem and making New York safer for everyone.Zellnor Myrie, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously yesterday to join an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to reform its police department.Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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By Kent Page Education is one of the most powerful agents of change in the world.UNICEF USA, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The agent reported hearing Block’s voice in the call, another target of the federal investigation.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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The suspect was declared dead at the scene, according to the bureau.Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
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On today’s episode Corina Knoll, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times, covering Southern California. Judson Jones, a meteorologist and reporter for The New York Times.MJ Davis Lin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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The three presidents in office before Trump's first term had more than 200 nominees confirmed within their first 200 days in office.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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On May 5, 2002, Chirac was returned to office with a record 82% of the vote.Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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For Uber Eats food-delivery service, members will earn one mile for every dollar on orders over $40 from restaurants and grocery stores.Leslie Josephs,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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Driving over the Bay Bridge into the city, billboard after billboard advertised AI products and services.Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
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None of the autonomous vehicles participating finished the 150-mile route.Gil Press, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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The spacecraft, called Blue Moon, is one of two vehicles NASA has picked to potentially ferry astronauts from lunar orbit down to the surface of the moon.Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, an instrument aboard NOAA’s JPSS-2 satellite, NOAA-21, took this picture also highlighting the hotspots from the fire and the length of the smoke plume extending out over the ocean.Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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To that end, the composer traveled the world collecting recordings that would find their way into the score, starting with instrument maker Abraham Cupeiro in Northern Spain.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agency. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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