1
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the Department of the Interior
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2
as in areas
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
that's not my department, but maybe I can help you anyway
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Recent Examples of departments
According to Courtney, members of Cleveland Clinic's Intensive Care team and staff from other departments stepped in to help organize the ceremony on short notice.
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee, which convenes experts under the leadership of the state’s departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to look into the causes of pregnancy- and birth-related deaths, finished reviewing 2023 maternal deaths last year.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
His research is in the psychiatry and behavioral nursing science departments.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
The sprawling immersive art project is divided into various departments including joy, fear and sadness, and shines a spotlight on wellness and mental health.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
The role combines leadership, strategic planning, communication and problem-solving to coordinate teams, resources and timelines across multiple departments or business units.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Private retailers also do not have the same public disclosure requirements as police departments.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The union, called the Seattle Art Museum Workers United, will represent workers in over 20 front- and back-end departments.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee, which convenes experts under the leadership of the state’s departments of Public Health and Health Care Services to look into the causes of pregnancy- and birth-related deaths, finished reviewing 2023 maternal deaths last year.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
His research is in the psychiatry and behavioral nursing science departments.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
The sprawling immersive art project is divided into various departments including joy, fear and sadness, and shines a spotlight on wellness and mental health.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
The role combines leadership, strategic planning, communication and problem-solving to coordinate teams, resources and timelines across multiple departments or business units.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Private retailers also do not have the same public disclosure requirements as police departments.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The union, called the Seattle Art Museum Workers United, will represent workers in over 20 front- and back-end departments.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departments
Noun
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Also, only Congress has the authority to authorize spending and independent agencies were set up to be out of the reach of the executive branch, but neither check is being respected.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The proclamation directs state government agencies to support the county and local jurisdictions to address the emergency.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Pool areas also feature reef-safe sunscreen dispensers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Student enrollment will drop across the board, and certain areas of the country such as New England—which is home to a whole host of small private colleges and will be suffering from some of the harshest demographic decline—may start to be dotted by campus ghost towns.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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The 150,000-square-foot headquarters on Fourth Avenue houses dispatch, investigations, administrative offices, evidence storage, a crime laboratory and a holding facility.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Since the Heat season ended a bit more than a month ago, there has been no significant turnover, roster or otherwise, inside the Heat’s offices at 601 Biscayne Blvd.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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The same failure modes show up in many other domains.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Last year, the Department of Defense awarded OpenAI a contract worth up to $200 million to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities for both warfighting and enterprise domains.—
Julia Boorstin,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The credit bureaus have said that many recent complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by third-party credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports.—
Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
4 May 2026
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Groups such as the National Agricultural Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and 12 state farm bureaus have backed Monsanto’s petition to the Supreme Court.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In March, China settled on the term ciyuan as the official translation for tokens, a move suggesting Beijing is looking to shape the rules of the AI economy and expand its efforts to counter the US dollar’s dominance in global commerce to digital realms.—
Tasneem Nashrulla,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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That hyper-local, hyper-personal sense of trust and the village green is becoming an important bulwark against the erosion of values in other realms.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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The spa The hotel offers spa services through The Spa at the Equinox gym, located on the fourth floor of the building.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The screening in the Bazin theater in the Palais was paused so emergency services could assist the person, according to the Cannes press office.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Gas is almost $5 a gallon, diesel is almost $6 a gallon, and the farmers here in Kentucky can’t afford the fertilizer to put on their fields.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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The impact of the loss could be especially significant in STEM fields.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
24 May 2026
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“Departments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departments. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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