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superagency

American  
[soo-per-ay-juhn-see] / ˈsu pərˌeɪ dʒən si /

noun

  • superagencies
    plural
  1. a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.


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Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of superagency

First recorded in 1890–95; super- + agency


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The body is also planning to search for a prominent woman to oversee a newly established superagency to promote women's political and social rights and economic empowerment.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2010

There have also been proposals to enhance UNEP's role as a sort of intergovernmental superagency on environmental questions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though DOE was set up to bring order, drive and direction to the uncoordinated activities of the 50 federal agencies involved in energy matters, Secretary Schlesinger's superagency has been sinking into a bureaucratic stupor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Administration officials feared that creation of the superagency would trigger demands for similar organiza tions to fight heart disease and other illnesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Simon, a decisive policymaker and superbly organized administrator, had to create a superagency virtually overnight.

From Time Magazine Archive

The power of the newly created superagencies and the vast riches that changed hands in the transactions stunned the ad industry for weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

He also named four Deputy Premiers who will serve as heads of superagencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

He now aims to regroup most of the city's 80-odd departments and bureaus into ten superagencies.

From Time Magazine Archive

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