Agent and Resource

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Resource noun - Something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available.

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Agent and resource are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Resource".

Nearby Words: resourceful, resourcefulness, resourced, resourcing

good	good agent	good resource
special	special agent	special resource
best	best agent	best resource
certain	certain agent	certain resource
Other adjectives: top, single, powerful, real, main, new, last, greatest.

One of the files shown in X-Risks is the argument from a Firewall agent that capitalism lead to the Fall, and that its continued existence and strategies (unchecked resource use, laws, copyright, etc.) should be considered as big an X-Risk as the TITA Ns themselves.

Source: Tabletop Game / Eclipse Phase
An agent with a previous injury (that, by his own words, nearly killed him) and borderline-inadequate physical health shouldn't be the sole resource for a mission, even when Bond's machinations play into Raoul Silva's plan to attempt an assassination on M.

Source: Strawman Has a Point

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