agencies

Example Sentences

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And CalFire will call on mutual assistance from other firefighting agencies throughout the state, all paid for with tax dollars.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

By law, these agencies are led by a bipartisan board of experts who had a fixed term and could be fired only for cause.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"The evacuation is being carried out in a controlled manner and residents are being supported by council officers and partner agencies throughout the process," they said.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Night shift work has also drawn attention from major health agencies because of its effects on the body's internal clock, sleep patterns, light exposure, and hormone signaling.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

The reason they’d done this is that the rating agencies, presented with the pile of bonds backed by dubious loans, would pronounce 80 percent of the bonds in it triple-A.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis