CIA
n. countablen. Stands for Central Intelligence Agency — a United States government agency that gathers foreign intelligence and conducts covert operations to support national security.
n. Abbreviation for Central Intelligence Agency. The principal civilian foreign-intelligence service of the United States federal government, established in 1947 under the National Security Act. Headquartered in Langley, Virginia; tasked with collecting, analysing, and disseminating foreign intelligence and conducting covert action at the direction of the President.
The CIA collects information to help protect national security.
After years of working in foreign embassies, she was recruited by the CIA to analyze international data.
Declassified documents reveal how the CIA monitored geopolitical shifts during the Cold War to provide the executive branch with strategic foresight.
Usually used with the definite article 'the'. When used as a modifier before another noun, the article may be omitted depending on the sentence structure.