agencies

NOUN

organization, often business-related

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureau company department firm office

NOUN

power, instrumentality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

force operation organ

STRONG

action activity auspices channel efficiency influence instrument instrumentality intercession intervention means mechanism mediation medium vehicle work

Antonyms

STRONG

end idleness impotence inactivity inertia weakness

Example Sentences

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In a statement on Wednesday, K2 Airways identified the five crew members on board the aircraft, and said it was "fully cooperating with the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and other government agencies".

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

On Monday Reuters reported that European intelligence agencies had prepared “a note on the probability of a banking crisis in Russia in 2026.”

From MarketWatch • Jul. 7, 2026

Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced that the state had entered into a new partnership with Anthropic to expand the use of the AI assistant Claude within government agencies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026

Roughly 350 officers from Newport Beach and 17 other agencies including Irvine, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol converged in the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026

A combination of new facts, and actual human contact with the people who ran the big firms and the rating agencies, had stirred his suspicion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis