agencies

plural of agency

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Recent Examples of agencies Finally, some agencies might specialize in particular areas of SEO, such as local SEO for brick-and-mortar businesses, e-commerce SEO for online retailers or international SEO for companies with a global presence. Bar Maimon, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024 Government agencies, too, are feeling the pressure to do more with less while avoiding service cuts. Eric Steele, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 The nomination of Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist and harsh critic of government health agencies, has cast a spotlight on debates over the role the government should play in public health — and over the degree to which mounting distrust in science should guide policy-making. Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024 The Coast Guard and several law enforcement agencies scoured the choppy waters with rescue boats, drones and helicopters but still had not found the men by Wednesday afternoon. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024 The Milwaukee Police Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice have canceled a Silver Alert for a missing 71-year-old Milwaukee woman that the agencies issued earlier this morning. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024 In Florida, Our Children’s Trust brought its latest case because there still are provisions in the law requiring state agencies to prioritize renewable energy, Rodgers said. Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024 Not all of the rating agencies are on the same page for Rocket. Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024 The World Bank, for example, needs economic metrics, the WHO relies on public health statistics, and environmental agencies require data on carbon emissions. Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agencies
Noun
  • Legal departments identified the risks, and many companies started publicizing internal policies that prohibited the use of GenAI due to the risk of leaking confidential information.
    Vincent Danen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.
    Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.
    Robert Farrington, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • According to state media, around 1,200 soldiers and security agents have been mobilized to counteract any attempt to disrupt the inauguration of what would be Maduro’s third presidential term.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • These systems enable autonomous collaboration among specialized AI agents to handle complex workflows in every industry.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • City Hall New York City Hall, along with all city and state government offices, will be open.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • During the week, Allen hunkers down in the football offices and watches as much film as possible.
    Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually there would also likely be new models, especially in electric vehicles.
    Rafael Nam, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, school libraries have long served as vehicles to expose students to a broad array of ideas from authors who express unique, personal points of view.
    Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Such a strategy could effectively weaponize these institutions, turning them into instruments of unilateralism rather than forums for global collaboration.
    Allison Carnegie, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And criminal hackers and adversarial states are already employing AI and MI as instruments to identify and take advantage of flaws in threat detection frameworks.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Second, calls to abolish the department aren’t nearly as radical or threatening as much of the media coverage suggests.
    Frederick Hess, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Investigators believe Mayes was struck by a red Toyota sedan, police said in a social media post.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Previous studies showed that individual student-level factors influence success in these fields.
    Joseph Cimpian, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Prosecutors in Florida’s 20 judicial circuits consider factors like offense type, a child’s prior offenses and victim impact when deciding whether to move a case to adult court.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Agencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agencies. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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