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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
This moment of the girls now having that agency to come toward their fathers was so powerful.
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Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
According to the agency, staff and inmates are being relocated to other facilities.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
In October, the year-over-year inflation rate was 193%, according to INDEC, Argentina’s national statistics agency, and that was actually the country’s lowest rate in nearly a year.
—thehustle.co, 22 Nov. 2024
Sixty-one percent of agencies currently use genAI in marketing efforts, compared to 17% of in-house agencies.
—Forrester, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
According to the agency, staff and inmates are being relocated to other facilities.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
In October, the year-over-year inflation rate was 193%, according to INDEC, Argentina’s national statistics agency, and that was actually the country’s lowest rate in nearly a year.
—thehustle.co, 22 Nov. 2024
Sixty-one percent of agencies currently use genAI in marketing efforts, compared to 17% of in-house agencies.
—Forrester, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Police departments in those jurisdictions generally do not help ICE carry out street-level arrests, and jails will not hold immigration violators charged with traffic offenses, or in some cases violent felonies.Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The department has been working with a partial revenue share from the conference over the past two seasons — about $19 million annually — but will begin receiving a full share of about $38-$40 million a year starting in 2025.Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Dec. 2024
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The money is earmarked for further investment in the technology underpinning the platform – including features such as artificial intelligence agents that support sellers – and to put staff on the ground in its biggest markets, such as the US and the Middle East.David Prosser, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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His plan was nearly foiled by Canadian border patrol agents who were suspicious of his not having a driver's license, which had been ditched in his wallet in the lake.David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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Trump recently nominated Kash Patel to lead the FBI, signifying his plans to replace Wray as the bureau’s director.Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Though the president has the authority to fire the FBI director anytime, only one director had been fired in the bureau's 108-year history before Trump began his first term.Compiled by Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 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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This dilemma can be solved in only one way, by the birth of a new faith, adjusted in its instrumentalities to the needs of the new century, but preserving the ultimate objectives of the old.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Advertisement Politics Trump’s own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds Dec. 8, 2024 Voters there ended the Republican supermajority for the upcoming session and elected Democrats to nearly all statewide offices, including governor and attorney general.Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Yvonne Barron, a library volunteer, helps Martin on Mondays, and Martin can retreat periodically to the library’s small office to work on water district affairs.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
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At the service, she was approached by some of the teachers from Bryant Middle School about installing a mural at the school as a tribute to Seneng next year.David Chiu, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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The drop-off service is available in Washington D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, New Jersey, Miami, and Boston.Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
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Images uploaded to social media showed at least three vehicles on their hood or side, with their windshields smashed and trees and power lines on the ground.CBS News, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Read More Previous Slide Next Slide 3 / 7 Chinese consumer electronics maker Xiaomi is ready to launch an electric SUV next year as a follow-up on the smashing success of its first vehicle, the SU7.Quartz, Quartz, 14 Dec. 2024
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Swift, who performs some songs on the piano and some on the guitar at most of her concerts, was ready to play when the instrument suddenly made a noise.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Some, like Kouyaté, play a xylophone-like instrument called the balafon.Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Agency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agency. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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