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Discover LudwigThe phrase "agencies hours" is not correct in written English.
It seems to be a truncated version of "agencies' hours" or "agency hours," which refers to the operating hours of agencies.
Example: "Please check the agencies' hours before planning your visit to ensure they are open."
Alternatives: "operating hours of agencies" or "hours of operation for agencies."
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Excerpts of Assad's comments were published by Russian news agencies hours before U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Geneva for hastily arranged talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on a possible deal to avert U.S. military reprisals for a chemical attack last month against rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
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Being hit up by dozens of PR agencies hour after hour, day after day.
"The authorities have used weapons against the peaceful demonstrators, and therefore the authorities will get what they deserve from the people," said Kakha Kukava, an opposition member of Parliament, according to the Interfax news agency, hours before the emergency order was issued.
Last night, President Trump named his budget director, Mick Mulvaney, as acting director of the agency hours after its current leader, Obama-appointed Richard Cordray, announced he would leave the job.
NEW YORK -- The former executive director of the city Civilian Complaint Review Board sued the police watchdog agency hours after she was fired on Monday, alleging she was ousted in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment by a board member and for speaking out against a "blatant attempt to protect the NYPD".
How do they get to the government agency during office hours and fill out a 20-page form?
In the same vein, federal law-enforcement agencies have hours of audio tapes and piles of documents that need translation from the Arabic.
Around 1200 UTC, the center of circulation became separated from deep convection, leading to the typhoon being downgraded to a tropical storm by both agencies several hours later.
(Respondent 31, private paediatric unit) I didn't have time (for important issues because I was) checking agency staff – hours worked, salaries paid etc. (Respondent 28, private post-natal unit) Finding beds and finding agency staff takes a lot of time.
But, he noted, "you're never going to have every language spoken in every agency 24 hours a day".
And because it takes the agency several hours to restart trains and buses, a shutdown could last through early Monday, if not longer.
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