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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
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Example Sentences

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The bank will eventually roll out the agent to clients who use its workplace wealth business, and then to its private bank for the ultrawealthy.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

As a free agent, Smart expressed a desire to play for a team with true championship aspirations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Adobe this week launched an AI agent platform for customers and said it was expanding collaboration with AI platforms including Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

A former senior Justice Department official recalled an FBI agent lobbying hard to get Gorka hired as a counterterrorism trainer several years ago.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

Zeke wasn’t wrong, and it seemed to be the first time she bothered to see him as an individual rather than as a small agent of evil come to ruin her day.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

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