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agency

[ay-juhn-see] / ˈeɪ dʒən si /
NOUN
organization, often business-related
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Members of the police, SOP and Poland's internal security agency met on Sunday to discuss the case.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

“While the aviation industry is able to reroute flights and maintain operations during conflicts, this operational flexibility does not address the fundamental security threat,” the U.N. agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

A representative for the agency declined to comment on the practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Kim locates an inner confidence in early home videos of Lisa competing in talent shows, drawing parallels between that precocious seven-year-old and the young woman who is gradually reclaiming her agency.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

She didn’t get the bank teller job she wanted, but she met some guy who needed a file clerk at his insurance agency, and then she could finally quit that Waffle House job.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

Intelligence agencies scour the internet for vulnerable cameras and robotically tap in to them by testing millions of passwords.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

The work received support from federal research agencies, with the U.S.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Dutch intelligence agencies warned in July that “Russian state actors are systematically conducting digital espionage operations” by hacking into cameras across Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Organisations that have been impacted also included several US government agencies including the White House, it said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

We will look the other way and deny our public agencies the resources, data, and tools they need to solve problems.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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