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agencies

NOUN

organization, often business-related

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bureau company department firm office

NOUN

power, instrumentality

Synonyms

STRONGEST

force operation organ

STRONG

action activity auspices channel efficiency influence instrument instrumentality intercession intervention means mechanism mediation medium vehicle work

Antonyms

STRONG

end idleness impotence inactivity inertia weakness

Example Sentences

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U.S. intelligence agencies assessed in April that Iran emerged from the initial 40-day phase of the war this spring with thousands of ballistic missiles intact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

SpaceX’s technologies have helped the company build strong connections at the Pentagon and spy agencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Additionally, President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to bolster the immigration agencies swarming the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

The family has already spent several thousand dollars on agencies to compile and process documents.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 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