How to Use agency in a Sentence

agency

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  • The employment agency helps those who have been recently laid off find jobs.
  • Still, the Panthers need to add pieces to this unit through free agency and the draft.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In a press release, the agency said the the victim was Jade Monique Thomas, 49.
    — Brian Bell, Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2024
  • The agency said the drop in tourism is costing the entire state $9 million per day.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In the press release, the agency specified that the 18-year-olds would be tried as adults.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Starr said agencies use informants to catch a big fish.
    — Beth Warren, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The agency grounded 171 of the planes the day after the Alaska Airlines accident.
    — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The agency said the infractions are part of a pattern at the facility for over a decade.
    — Gwozniac, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Among success stories, the agency cites the example of the barrier reefs in Belize, which were added to the list in 2009.
    — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • All wireless phones should receive the message only once, the agencies said.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Eight years later, with most of its clients and management talent gone, the agency closed.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • The agency would prohibit new leasing on more than 10 million acres, or more than 40% of the reserve.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Her whole arc is about finding agency in her artistry and her songwriting.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 June 2024
  • She was placed in the agency’s custody pending prosecution in the new case.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Here's what to know about Apophis and how space agencies hope to protect Earth from other asteroids like it.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The report by the Department of Justice said the police agency’s blueprint was not enough.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 14 June 2024
  • The Nashville Fire Department responded to the scene and used protective suits and air tanks to test the substance on the letter, the agency said in a tweet.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • The agency cleared its own top bosses and those at the central government of any wrongdoing.
    — TIME, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The agency controlled about two-thirds of the market, and nearly half its projects were forest-carbon schemes like Kariba.
    — Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • In 2021, the agency accused Matthew Panuwat of insider trading.
    — Ellis Simani, ProPublica, 22 June 2023
  • The state agency has not yet responded to Field & Stream‘s request for comment on the more recent lawsuit.
    — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
  • The agency captured 18 ferrets, seven males and 11 females, to help recover the species.
    — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Most of the injuries occurred at home, and two thirds occurred during the summer swimming season, the agency said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 14 June 2024
  • Last year the agency recorded 35 emergencies, three to four times more than in previous years.
    — Renata Brito, ajc, 14 June 2023
  • Advertisement With no room for anyone, the Lakers had to sit out free agency.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
  • The agency recommended reaching out if your address has not received mail in two days or is not getting it on the same day of the week for two weeks.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024
  • The agency had expected the 0.4% sales tax increase implemented by the county at the start of this year to stave off major cuts to service lines.
    — Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Continue reading here How much will Shohei Ohtani’s injury cost him in free agency?
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Strong surface winds and wind shear raised the risk of rotation and tornadoes in Alabama on Wednesday evening, the agency said.
    — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The patient has received treatment in Stockholm after contracting the virus in a part of Africa where the new strain is currently circulating, the agency noted.
    — Ivana Saric, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024

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