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as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
the whitening agent in the detergent is chlorine bleach the Church has been the traditional agent for social justice in impoverished countries
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2
as in deputy
a person who acts or does business for another
the sports agent negotiated a record-breaking contract for the baseball player
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as in ambassador
a person sent on a mission to represent another
an undercover agent of the Crown
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as in spy
a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country
an agent feeding information about enemy troop movements
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Recent Examples of agent
The agents also threatened to arrest Khalil's pregnant wife, according to the letter.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
Caro Quintero was released when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Camarena.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
The former leader of a Mexican cartel, thought responsible for the 1985 death of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in the 1980s, was among 29 defendants extradited to the United States Thursday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Companies rushing to deploy AI agents in disconnected systems risk creating a new layer of incompatible technology, magnifying existing inefficiencies rather than solving them.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
Caro Quintero was released when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of DEA agent Camarena.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
The former leader of a Mexican cartel, thought responsible for the 1985 death of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent in the 1980s, was among 29 defendants extradited to the United States Thursday.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Companies rushing to deploy AI agents in disconnected systems risk creating a new layer of incompatible technology, magnifying existing inefficiencies rather than solving them.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agent
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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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Records showed that Worthy had been arrested Friday by deputies and held in the county jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member in which their breath was impeded, or choking in common terms.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Consequently, if work requirements are imposed on nondisabled, working-age Medicaid recipients, that would affect a large number of people who are not currently in compliance, said Kevin Corinth, deputy director at the Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility at the American Enterprise Institute.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
9 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this year, the Oscar winner attended the Shanghai opening of Bulgari’s Serpenti Infinito exhibition in a strapless gold gown by Oscar de la Renta. Hathaway has been a brand ambassador for Bulgari since 2022.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
11 Mar. 2025
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This foundation becomes your silent ambassador to the executive search community.—
Isabelita Castilho,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps married spies, like the ones in Steven Soderbergh’s silky spy caper Black Bag, have the answer.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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At the Four Seasons Koh Samui, a five-star hotel overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, staff study guests like spies watching their marks.—
Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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Just this week, Utah's representative Celeste Maloy introduced a bill to Congress that would allow states to choose whether or not to practice DST.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Victor Rud, an attorney and representative of the Ukrainian American Bar Association, has been vocal about the dangers of these policies.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In August 1774, delegates to the First Virginia Convention reached out to Rind, asking her to publish a radical pamphlet authored by Jefferson about the rights of the Colonies.—
Alexandra Cox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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Other companies in the AV trucking space sent delegates, including Fernride, HubPilot, ISEE, Plus, Outrider, Stack, and Waabi.—
Richard Bishop,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Elements of her can be found on Lioness in Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara, a CIA operative trying to save the world from the swarthy — terrorists in Season One, Mexican cartels in Season Two — while raising two girls.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
9 Mar. 2025
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Weighing just 157g, the headset is light enough for call center operatives to wear it for a full eight-hour working day.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Each satellite carries a camera, which acts like a synchronized, single, virtual instrument with a largely uninterrupted view of the sun.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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On-chain assets are, ultimately, financial instruments and the ecosystem is long overdue for crypto-specific audit and attestation standards.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agent. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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