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Recent Examples of subagency
The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the U.S. Department of Justice subagency that oversees immigration courts and established the dedicated docket, did not respond to a request for comment.
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Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
Employers would likely have to present their plans to OSHA, a subagency of the Labor Department, during a workplace inspection and could be fined for violations.
—Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D.-Conn., asked the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether or not the FDA, a subagency of HHS, took appropriate and effective action.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022
ASHINGTON — Health secretary Alex Azar suddenly appointed a new top lawyer at the Food and Drug Administration just hours after the subagency had announced its own pick for the post.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 11 Jan. 2021
Some progressive groups are also homing in on the top role at an obscure but key subagency: the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which reviews proposed regulations by executive agencies.
—Tarini Parti and Eliza Collins, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2020
The subcommittee took particular aim at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a subagency within the Executive Office of the President.
—Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
Cindy Carcamostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
Employers would likely have to present their plans to OSHA, a subagency of the Labor Department, during a workplace inspection and could be fined for violations.
—Sarah Chaney Cambon, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D.-Conn., asked the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services to investigate whether or not the FDA, a subagency of HHS, took appropriate and effective action.
—NBC News, 15 Apr. 2022
ASHINGTON — Health secretary Alex Azar suddenly appointed a new top lawyer at the Food and Drug Administration just hours after the subagency had announced its own pick for the post.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 11 Jan. 2021
Some progressive groups are also homing in on the top role at an obscure but key subagency: the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), which reviews proposed regulations by executive agencies.
—Tarini Parti and Eliza Collins, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2020
The subcommittee took particular aim at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a subagency within the Executive Office of the President.
—Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subagency
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But Republicans have criticized the agency as being unaccountable and exceeding its legal authority.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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One is that the Trump administration's stop-work order halts the agency's supervision work, which includes making sure companies follow consumer protections and student loan companies process payments.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
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In Cape Fear, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (played by Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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In the series, married attorneys Anna (played by Adams) and Tom Bowden are in peril when Max Cady (Bardem, in the role Robert De Niro played in the 1991 film), a killer from their past, is released from prison.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 Feb. 2025
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According to the Times, the new executors objected to the film after seeing a cut.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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An honor in Hialeah For Omer Pardillo Cid, executor of the Celia Cruz Estate and director of the Celia Cruz Foundation, the idea of linking the three centennials was truly inspiring.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..—
Anshel Sag,
Forbes,
29 Feb. 2024
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The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.—
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al,
22 June 2023
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Sheriff’s deputies were first called to the church about 2:45 a.m. Saturday for had been reported as a break-in.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office said on social media that its deputies were dispatched for reports of gunfire at around 7:30 p.m. Monday night.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Subagency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subagency. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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