Agency and Task

Agency

Agency noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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Task and agency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Task" instead a noun "Agency".

Nearby Word: agent

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Agency and task are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agency" instead a noun "Task".

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

human	human agency	human task
similar	similar agency	similar task
regular	regular agency	regular task
single	single agency	single task
Other adjectives: small, large, evil, main, personal, new, major, different, magical.

Dick is the Trope Codifier, featuring "Precrime" as the name of a criminal justice agency, whose task is to identify and eliminate persons who will commit crimes in the future.

Source: Precrime Arrest
In Crime Story, the lawyer for the Federal task force that is trying to take down Big Bad Ray Luca, pretends to be drunk and gets kicked out of the agency, so that he can become Luca's lawyer, and then inform the task force about everything Luca is doing.

Source: Fake Defector
Task Force 29, the Interpol agency Jensen works for, is the beginnings of UNATCO police force from Deus Ex, right down to the music.

Source: Call Forward / Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

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