agent

[ey-juhnt] / ˈeɪ dʒənt /

NOUN

person representing an organization or person in business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assistant broker commissioner deputy handler lawyer minister officer operative operator promoter representative worker

STRONG

abettor actor advocate ambassador assignee attorney delegate doer emissary envoy executor factor factotum functionary go-between intermediary mover negotiator principal proctor proxy salesperson servant steward substitute surrogate

WEAK

mediary middleperson ten percenter

NOUN

power, instrument for achievement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

force

STRONG

cause channel factor means medium organ power vehicle

Antonyms

STRONG

end

Example Sentences

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Videos of the incident show ICE agents approaching a car, which is in the middle of the street.

From BBC

The agent and the man were taken to a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal

“One might argue that there’s serious harm to the government if agents’ anonymity is preserved,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Anthropic has already had success with its coding agent, Claude Code, and hopes to bring that sort of tool to a more general audience.

From Barron's

Natanson was at her home in Virginia on Wednesday when federal agents came to search her home, according to the Washington Post.

From BBC