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Add "relevant agent" and point out "surrounding agent" #4294

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<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#execution-context-stack">JavaScript execution context stack</dfn></li>
<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-code-realms">JavaScript realm</dfn></li>
<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#running-execution-context">running JavaScript execution context</dfn></li>
<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#surrounding-agent">surrounding agent</dfn></li>
<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#use-strict-directive">Use Strict Directive</dfn></li>
<li><dfn data-x-href="https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-well-known-symbols">Well-Known Symbols</dfn>, including
<dfn>@@hasInstance</dfn>,
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<p>The <dfn data-export="">relevant agent</dfn> for a <span>platform object</span>
<var>platformObject</var> is the <span>agent</span> whose set of <span data-x="JavaScript
realm">realms</span> contains <var>platformObject</var>'s <span
data-x="concept-relevant-realm">relevant Realm</span>.</p>

<p class="note">The agent equivalent of the <span>current Realm Record</span> is the
<span>surrounding agent</span>.</p>

<h5>Integration with the JavaScript agent cluster formalism</h5>

<p>JavaScript also defines the concept of an <span>agent cluster</span>, which this standard maps
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