Thesaurus results for DEPARTMENTS

departments

noun

plural of department

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a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the Department of the Interior

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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 Since the audit tool was introduced, multiple departments have announced arrests of officers across the state, signaling a level of misuse that may have previously gone undetected. — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 9 July 2026 Of about 5% of hospitals globally that have international patient departments, Stephano estimated less than 1% are internationally accredited. — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 8 July 2026 Polite is not always the word associated with this 64-year old band — remember the run-ins with various police departments? — ABC News, 8 July 2026 This is an enormous burden for both researchers looking to work with this data and for the state, local and territorial health departments, which may be ill-equipped to process these requests. — John Kubale, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 With the process dragging on for months, the split of drama and comedy into separate departments, with Smith as head of the former, emerged as a likely scenario by mid-May. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 July 2026 Grantees included a wide range of organizations from public health departments and universities, to Planned Parenthood and Bethany Christian Services affiliates. — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 July 2026 Advertisement While doctors are required to report cases of cyclosporiasis to state health departments, Bagdasarian says that those reports were likely delayed for a number of reasons. — Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2026 Historically, compliance teams, developers and operational departments functioned separately. — Eugenia Mykuliak, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Because of the convictions, Flores will no longer be eligible to work for law enforcement at any level, including local, state and federal agencies.

— Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Then, in 2012, redevelopment agencies were dissolved by the state and their obligations transferred to successor agencies.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

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White-footed mice, which do carry the culprit bacteria — charmingly named Borrelia burgdorferi — thrive in areas disturbed by people, according to Ostfeld.

— Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
During periods of intense rainfall, the risk of flooding increases, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of areas

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Its incumbent, Tony Thurmond, had a background in social work before running for various offices, but that kind of experience isn’t always the case.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
In the immense downtime between scenes during my visit this past September, the crew of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon trudges among plastic tents serving as makeshift production offices.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026

Definition of offices

Noun

These are the domains where small information failures compound into significant revenue and cost consequences at scale.

— Campbell Brown, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The 38‑point framework has four domains—vision, intelligence, character, and execution—with a heavy emphasis on character and execution.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Definition of domains

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These include rituals related to cosmic realms, guidance for navigating the challenges of daily life and even the worship of powerful deities.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
All three have released solo albums that further expand their palettes, moving into ambient (Vida), experimental (Stardrum), and singer/songwriter (Epstein) realms.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 3 July 2026

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Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
If there are no Apple App Store services in 2276, our historical iPhone 17 Pro has another insurmountable problem.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

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