Agent and Express

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Express noun - One that carries a message or does an errand.

Usage example: the solicitors employ an express to deliver their summonses

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Agent and express are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Express".

human	human agent	human express
special	special agent	special express
single	single agent	single express
real	real agent	real express
Other adjectives: titular, triple.

In the James Bond novel From Russia with Love, SMERSH agent Kronsteen (a literal chessmaster in his own right) creates a tremendously intricate plan to the express purpose of assassinating Bond in such a way as to hurt MI6's image.

Source: The Chessmaster / Examples Using Chess Metaphors
Thriller on the Express: Red Grant tricks Bond into thinking that he is a MI6 agent, and tries to kill him during a train ride.

Source: Literature / From Russia with Love
The Disney flick Condorman has the title hero (a comic book writer pretending to be a CIA agent) order an "Istanbul Express" for a Russian spy he's trying to impress — and a double for himself.

Source: Gargle Blaster / Live-Action Films

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