agencies

Example Sentences

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Activists say that government agencies that help locate missing people are so short of staff and resources that searches are often delayed for months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The outbreak’s consequences can be measured in dollars and cents: Responding to an outbreak of as few as 600 cases could cost local agencies $10 million, according to healthcare researchers at Johns Hopkins University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The BLS, like many statistics agencies worldwide, has faced a number of challenges in recent years with declining survey response rates and dwindling resources.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Today, Rocket Lab’s small-lift Electron rockets act like outer-space Ubers, delivering clusters of satellites into custom trajectories on behalf of imaging companies, government agencies and researchers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

These committees, just like modern intelligence agencies, operated openly by holding anti-tax meetings or printing propaganda and secretly by running spy networks.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen