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Synonyms for agency

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 1, FoothillsActions

to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

An example is the best agency of instruction.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

way

Same sentence, swapped: An example is the best way of instruction.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for agency as it is used in the sentence above.

authority
representation
instrumentation

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Closest first: other actions words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

movenounmotionthe act of changing location from one place to anotherFoothillsHas a reason line partnounofficethe actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or groupFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line passingnoungoingeuphemistic expressions for deathFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line pathnounwaya course of conductFoothillsHas a reason line ribbingnounteasethe act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule)High CampHas a reason line rigmarolenounrigamarolea long and complicated and confusing procedureSummitHas a reason line ripnounrentan opening made forcibly as by pulling apartFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line theorynounpossibilitya tentative insight into the natural worldFoothills

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