task force
noun
: a temporary grouping under one leader for the purpose of accomplishing a definite objective
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They appointed a task force to review the situation.
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But that task force hadn’t gotten started by 9/11.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Officials have also burned through $350,000 that the county previously invested in one diversion initiative managed by the task force.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Administration officials say the task force will shift operations ashore because traffickers are now less willing to risk voyages that can be detected and targeted at sea.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Other components of the legislation include the creation of a state task force to monitor data associated with the new water affordability programs.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
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Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
Officials have also burned through $350,000 that the county previously invested in one diversion initiative managed by the task force.
—Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
Administration officials say the task force will shift operations ashore because traffickers are now less willing to risk voyages that can be detected and targeted at sea.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Other components of the legislation include the creation of a state task force to monitor data associated with the new water affordability programs.
—Arpan Lobo, Freep.com, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for task force
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“Task force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/task%20force. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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