Agent and Explanation

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Explanation and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explanation" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Explanation noun - A statement that makes something clear.

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Agent and explanation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Explanation".

Nearby Words: explain, explanatory, explaining

good	good agent	good explanation
full	full agent	full explanation
best	best agent	best explanation
perfect	perfect agent	perfect explanation
Other adjectives: actual, real, new.

Agent J calls his coverup garbage, and instead offers the explanation that she threw the husband out for being a Domestic Abuser (what little we see of him pre-death suggests that this was pretty close to the mark).

Source: Gas Leak Cover-Up
Agent Scully: The Second Pharisee in "The King Comes to His Own", who's convinced there's some perfectly natural explanation for all the unexplained phenomena at Jesus' tomb.

Source: Radio / The Man Born To Be King
Agent Amy Jessup, after appearing in two episodes of season 2 and investigating a possible connection between The Pattern and biblical prophecies, disappeared from the show without an explanation.

Source: Series / Fringe

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