as in office
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the city desk of a prominent newspaper
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Recent Examples of desk
Woolf’s desk holds crumpled sheets of paper, books, and a vase of daffodils.
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
One additional study room will be added, and the public service desks will be reconfigured to better serve patrons, Kokoris said.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
With about 5 feet by 7 feet below the bunk, a desk fits comfortably as does a craft table, a small futon, and many, many fort iterations.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
These two guys, brothers sitting at the desk with their sister, the Bahari Brothers.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
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Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
One additional study room will be added, and the public service desks will be reconfigured to better serve patrons, Kokoris said.
—Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
With about 5 feet by 7 feet below the bunk, a desk fits comfortably as does a craft table, a small futon, and many, many fort iterations.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026
These two guys, brothers sitting at the desk with their sister, the Bahari Brothers.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desk
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After the sham lawsuit was revealed, Clark and others in the city attorney’s office blamed other attorneys.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Pullman also stole from the union on his own, the office said, using his position debit card to pay for items like a vacation to Miami and lunch of champagne and caviar in New York with his then-girlfriend.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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The department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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This respiratory season, the city of Chicago has seen the highest levels of emergency department visits and hospitalizations from flu since 2022.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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In a year culturally associated with agency and momentum, such symbolic gestures felt static.—
Yiling Pan,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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However, some rank-and-file Democrats are still floating the idea of funding everything except ICE and Customs and Border Protection, arguing those agencies are already funded and should be isolated from other key government functions.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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The bureau said the process takes about 24 hours, so the DNA results could be imminent.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Feb. 2026
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Erin Tan Erin Tan is a news researcher in NBC News’s Beijing bureau.—
Jennifer Jett,
NBC news,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desk. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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