Sentence examples for agencies meaning from inspiring English sources

He can command federal agencies — meaning the F.B.I., immigration enforcement — but he cannot direct the New York City Police Department".

Unlike most other payday lenders, Oakam shares data with credit reference agencies meaning people who repay their debts on time will see their credit rating improve.

Financial institutions also have little support from cash-strapped law-enforcement agencies, meaning "the banks are almost fishing in the dark".

The finance arm's credit rating has been cut to "junk" by the major ratings agencies, meaning that its fate rests as much in the hands of the French Finance Ministry as with shareholders.

Then, Stanton told me, "I went to some socio-behavioralist psychologists, and some retired analysts in the alphabetic agencies" — meaning the C.I.A. — "and gave them the details on Perry: male, white, artist, forty-four, never been arrested, no record I could find of violence, eking out a living, good-looking Eurasian type in a one-bedroom walkup, no cauliflower ears.

A few weeks ago, the Government Accountability Office added the Postal Service to its list of "high risk" federal agencies, meaning that it is in such dire straits that it needs "to restructure to address its current and long-term financial viability".

pic.twitter.com/Q5Ak7T0EkO A spokesman for First Bus said the driver worked for an agency, meaning they were responsible for any decision about his future.

The F.B.I. procedures encourage agents to renominate suspects for the watch list even if they were already put on it by another agency — meaning multiple agencies would have to be involved in any attempt to later remove that person.

Valerie knew that "Curveball" had been deemed a "fabricator" by the agency, meaning that none of his intelligence could be believed.

These people who had lost everything, who were living in rubble or ruins, had found agency, meaning, community, immediacy in their work together with other survivors.

The substances were granted GRAS status by the drug agency, meaning that they are "generally recognized as safe" and can now be added to infant formulas.