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intervention
Noun
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An intervention is an activity designed to change or stop a situation.
To prevent government intervention, the companies agreed to stop cigarettes.
The teachers planned a reading intervention for the students who were having trouble.
agency
Noun
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An agency is a group of people called agents working together, or a place where agents work.
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# An agency is a company (business) which usually represents other people. The people at the agency work as agents to represent (stand for) their customers.
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#:Our agency works to help people find jobs in music.
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# Agency is a company that does something specific.
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#:Our ad agency has made advertisements for many important businesses.
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# An agency is a certain part of a government.
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#:He works for the real CIA, the actual Central Intelligence Agency.
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Agency is the ability to do something.