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OIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Agency that oversees the intelligence relationships of the Treasury's offices and bureaus and provides a link between the Intelligence Community and officials responsible for international economic policy
Synonyms:
Office of Intelligence Support; OIS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("OIS" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Holonyms ("OIS" is a part of...):
Department of the Treasury; Treasury; Treasury Department; United States Treasury (the federal department that collects revenue and administers federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789)
Holonyms ("OIS" is a member of...):
IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)
Context examples:
But behind him was Dave, likewise straining backward, and behind the sled was François, pulling till his tendons cracked.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Then François’s lash descended, and Buck had the satisfaction of watching Spitz receive the worst whipping as yet administered to any of the teams.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Hungry as he was, he would not move to receive his ration of fish, which François had to bring to him.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He saw Spitz run out his scarlet tongue in a way he had of laughing; and he saw François, swinging an axe, spring into the mess of dogs.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
That was fair of François, he decided, and the half-breed began his rise in Buck’s estimation.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
“T’ree vair’ good dogs,” François told Perrault.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
François fastened upon him an arrangement of straps and buckles.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A shout from François hailed his appearance.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
François leashed them and brought them on deck.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
