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agency

[ey-juhn-see] / ˈeɪ dʒən si /
NOUN
organization, often business-related
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On average, ICE arrested about 1,000 immigrants per day in early March, down from a peak average of just under 1,400 in mid-January, agency data show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

But ramping up to make enough flies could take over two years, agency officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Not every agency is ready to call it, though.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

"The CMA understands that Ryanair is the only major airline flying out of the UK to impose this charge," the agency added.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Similarly, the National Journal reported that between January 1997 and October 1999, the agency handled 3.4 million orders of Pentagon equipment from over eleven thousand domestic police agencies in all fifty states.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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