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as in departments
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 instrumentalities
something used to achieve an end
by what agency do you plan to acquire this fortune?
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Recent Examples of agencies
Before the collision, there were 28 government agencies authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan National, including the Department of Defense, military services, law enforcement and emergency medical services.
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arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Some veterans who went into public service have lost jobs since funding cuts, Del Rio said, and agencies have banded together to help find jobs.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
For parents and others, the mixed messaging between state and federal health agencies can cause confusion and uncertainty.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The Army Corps employs certified arborists to assess tree branches and root damage, and the likelihood of death within five years, according to the Coordinated Joint Information Center, a clearinghouse for agencies involved in the cleanup.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
The plant makes light rail cars for local transit agencies, passenger coaches, locomotives and trainsets.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
From there, agencies are supposed to consider other strategies, like voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) and voluntary separation incentive payment (VSIP), to find employees who choose to leave, before a RIF takes place.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
The federal agencies also advise anyone potentially vulnerable to ransomware activity like Medusa’s attacks to take several other precautionary measures — including checking operating systems and software to ensure everything is properly patched and up to date.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The agencies also instruct organizations to store copies of sensitive or crucial information on physically separate and secure locations, such as hard drives or other storage devices, should recovery become necessary in the wake of an attack.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
arkansasonline.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Some veterans who went into public service have lost jobs since funding cuts, Del Rio said, and agencies have banded together to help find jobs.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
For parents and others, the mixed messaging between state and federal health agencies can cause confusion and uncertainty.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 Mar. 2025
The Army Corps employs certified arborists to assess tree branches and root damage, and the likelihood of death within five years, according to the Coordinated Joint Information Center, a clearinghouse for agencies involved in the cleanup.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
The plant makes light rail cars for local transit agencies, passenger coaches, locomotives and trainsets.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 15 Mar. 2025
From there, agencies are supposed to consider other strategies, like voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) and voluntary separation incentive payment (VSIP), to find employees who choose to leave, before a RIF takes place.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 15 Mar. 2025
The federal agencies also advise anyone potentially vulnerable to ransomware activity like Medusa’s attacks to take several other precautionary measures — including checking operating systems and software to ensure everything is properly patched and up to date.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
The agencies also instruct organizations to store copies of sensitive or crucial information on physically separate and secure locations, such as hard drives or other storage devices, should recovery become necessary in the wake of an attack.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agencies
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Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
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Despite this, individual departments are the ultimate arbiter of these return-to-office exceptions.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 2025
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The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 Dec. 2024
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However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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With autonomous, always-active agents, the risk of privacy invasion becomes even greater.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Google has launched tools and services enabling developers and business users to build agents.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Instead, sheriff’s offices statewide were allowed for seven years to choose which law enforcement agencies investigated their in-custody deaths.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Apr. 2025
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Many Social Security field offices are no longer accepting walk-in appointments.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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Eventually there would also likely be new models, especially in electric vehicles.—
Rafael Nam,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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Detroit Chief Financial Officer Jay Rising said the upgrade is beneficial not only at times when the city is issuing bonds, but also for more routine business matters such as leasing vehicles and equipment.—
JC Reindl,
Detroit Free Press,
24 Dec. 2024
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The portfolio consists primarily of interest-yielding debt instruments.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Mar. 2025
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Employing a combination of creative thinking and advanced instruments, researchers wanted to identify when the child had died, as its existence proved that Neanderthals and humans met and mated.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2025
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In those weeks of December 2023, various Spanish media outlets were talking about Vicente as the great discovery of the season, creating a phenomenon unbefitting of a second division player.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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But this trend isn’t just about the social media shock factor and tariff retaliation.—
Zoe Bayliss Wong,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Investments focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors tend to favor companies that score highly on certain criteria, such as climate change, human rights or corporate transparency.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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For Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the benefit amount varies based on factors such as income, type of disability and the number of people in the household.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Agencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agencies. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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