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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
Michael Pizzi, a Miami attorney who has both defended police officers in criminal cases and sued police departments for misconduct in his three-decade career, put it more bluntly.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Heath and her colleagues are partnering with human resource departments so that employees departing trade jobs can get information about instructor positions during their exit interviews.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Health departments, clinics, pharmacies and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are all scrambling to adapt to erratically changing directives.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Patients, who typically got care in HIV clinics open just two days each week, can now be seen more often at hospital outpatient departments and health centers, Isabirye says.
—Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
The analysis explains that visitor numbers were collected from tourism boards and departments, port authorities and airport statistics.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The facility houses more than 2,000 employees across 26 departments, from flight dispatch and crew scheduling to meteorology and aircraft maintenance coordination.
—Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Full-time positions are available across multiple departments, from health care services to retirement systems.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
By making the cameras solar-powered and connected over cell networks, Flock brought the technology within reach of smaller towns and departments that couldn’t afford earlier systems.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
Heath and her colleagues are partnering with human resource departments so that employees departing trade jobs can get information about instructor positions during their exit interviews.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
Health departments, clinics, pharmacies and even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are all scrambling to adapt to erratically changing directives.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Patients, who typically got care in HIV clinics open just two days each week, can now be seen more often at hospital outpatient departments and health centers, Isabirye says.
—Brian Simpson, NPR, 19 Sep. 2025
The analysis explains that visitor numbers were collected from tourism boards and departments, port authorities and airport statistics.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The facility houses more than 2,000 employees across 26 departments, from flight dispatch and crew scheduling to meteorology and aircraft maintenance coordination.
—Kennedy Hayes, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Full-time positions are available across multiple departments, from health care services to retirement systems.
—Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
By making the cameras solar-powered and connected over cell networks, Flock brought the technology within reach of smaller towns and departments that couldn’t afford earlier systems.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departments
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Security officers and metal detectors on the first floor protect state officials in the tower, which also houses offices for several state agencies.—
Ray Stern,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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This year the county is spending money on mitigation and planning that FEMA and other federal agencies would normally help with.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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In some areas, the leaves begin to change as soon as August and peak in September, like parts of the Rocky Mountains, as well as Alaska and spots in the Cascade Mountains.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The flat edge lays down product, the rounded side buffs and blends, and the precision tip gets into all the hard-to-reach areas like nostrils and lash lines.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Our real estate data comes from public records that have been registered and digitized by local county offices.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
17 Sep. 2025
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Now the mood has darkened as nonprofits recruit lawyers and bolster the security of their offices and staff.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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Research confirms that evaluating career decisions across multiple life domains—rather than just salary—leads to more sustainable long-term outcomes.—
Renessa Boley Layne,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Genius in one area of life can be stunting in other domains.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Over time, the credit bureaus have become a little more transparent, and countless services and information outlets have worked to crack and share the code.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some services only report on-time, in-full rent payments to credit bureaus, while others might also report late payments, experts say.—
Ana Teresa Solá,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule—so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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There are a number of changes to make in the realms of sleep, exercise, diet and nutrition that can impact the body’s stress response, a complex process that involves the release of key hormones like cortisol.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The real estate services firm attempts to allow buyers to find sellers (and vice versa) quickly on the internet.—
John Navin,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Several Palestinians said Internet and phone services began to come back in Gaza City.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
19 Sep. 2025
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Susan Marquis, a professor with Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, said the other ideas proposed by experts can help reduce the harms faced in the fields.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Eagles benefitted from short fields, covering 52 yards on their first touchdown drive after Harrison Butker missed a field-goal attempt, and 59 on their next, after a Patrick Mahomes interception and face-mask penalty pushed them quickly into KC territory.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
15 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Departments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departments. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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