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agenting

noun
agent·​ing | \ ˈā-jən-tiŋ How to pronounce agenting (audio) \

Definition of agenting

: the business or activities of an agent

Examples of agenting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The personal style of agenting has evolved accordingly. Stephen Metcalf, The New Yorker, "How Superheroes Made Movie Stars Expendable," 19 May 2018 What followed was a decades-long career in book publishing and selling, magazine making and literary agenting, with an emphasis on emerging writers and marginalized voices. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "raceAhead: News Media Fails Black Families, Russell Simmons #NotMe, Another VC is Out," 15 Dec. 2017

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First Known Use of agenting

1681, in the meaning defined above

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