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agentic

American  
[uh-jent-ik, ay-] / əˈdʒɛnt ɪk, eɪ- /

adjective

  1. Digital Technology. (of artificial intelligence) capable of acting independently to accomplish a goal or task; acting like a human agent.

  2. (of a person) focused on one's own goals and acting independently to set and achieve them, as opposed to seeking or accepting direction, serving the goals of others, etc.

  3. (of a process or activity) allowing participants to make their own judgments and decisions and work independently to achieve a goal.


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Developers have been racing to design agentic apps that will capture users' attention, time and wallets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Then in September, it launched an agentic app called Muse.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Stagwell introduced Stagwell Media, a media agency building on Assembly and using the company’s agentic technology platform, Machine OS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The company’s portfolio of AI hardware and software is “unmatched and arguably becomes more important with agentic AI,” Ackerman wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She clearly wants to try to determine her own identity in an agentic manner versus accepting one that’s forced upon her by a patriarchal society.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

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