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agencies

NOUN
organization, often business-related
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Researcher Felix Morsbach notes that intelligence agencies or cybercriminals currently have easier ways to monitor people, including hacked security cameras or internet connected doorbells.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Trump nominated her to run the office of national intelligence, which oversees 18 U.S. spy agencies, and she was confirmed by the Senate in February 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Environmental experts quickly questioned the EPA’s soil sampling approach, which drastically differed from soil testing procedures from California environmental agencies.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Biggar said both crime agencies would prefer children to be able to participate online safely and reap the benefits it provides.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

“When people thought about cryptography, Pearl Harbor or anything else, he was the man that a lot of the government agencies or...the newspapers thought about.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield



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