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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The documents show the race by federal agencies and offices to remove Claude quickly from their systems and find replacements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

The operation involved most UK police forces working alongside agencies including the Home Office, Immigration Enforcement and Trading Standards.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

Maybe this would save the agencies a few hundred thousand dollars—hardly worth the risk.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026

At 58, Susan Lee Colby founded Grace Creative LA, an advertising agency focused on the 50-and-older market, because, she said, she had “aged out” of traditional advertising agencies.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Upon their return from Las Vegas, they set out to pester the rating agencies, and the Wall Street people who gamed their models, for more information.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis