How to Use department in a Sentence

department

noun

• She joined the town's police department.
• Your letter has been forwarded to our sales department.
• When you get to the hospital, go directly to the X-ray department.
• The department said the state does not track whether any of the abortions were in cases of rape.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
• But this is hopefully just a taste of what’s yet to come from Nikka in the grain whisky department.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Martinez says the department has taken steps to reduce the amount of drugs in jails.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• This mountain range is in the Amazonas department and about 460 miles north of Lima.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• Now 79% of the country's local police work in departments that use them.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• Checking up on the dams is Corey Clark’s job, as chief engineer for the department’s dam bureau.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• Monroe was struggling and nearly exhausted by the time the crew were able to reach her, the department posted.
  — Benjamin Collins, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2024
• The call came in around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, according to the department's post.
  — Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2023
• And Sexton is clearly no slouch in the guitar department.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2023
• And the department asks people to exercise caution around the insects.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
• The department shared that the case has been forwarded to burglary detectives.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• He then was transported to the department’s homicide branch and charged with first degree murder while armed.
  — Marissa Lang, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• In all, eight people were rescued and turned over to Customs and Border Protection agents by 10 a.m., the department said.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
• The department said to not run, instead, face the animal, make noises and try to appear as large as possible.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 29 July 2023
• He was found by first responders with a golf club impaled through his torso, the police department says.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
• Lack of up-and-down communication chain with the department.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2023
• The state’s public health department and medical board would not comment on the details of Valentine’s case.
  — Sarah Kwon | Kff Health News, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Rebounding, then, will be crucial by an Aztecs team that has struggled in that department.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
• But the department identified them as 15-year-old and 17-year-old boys in a statement announcing their arrests.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
• His early films and TV projects were born of time immersed in police departments of his native Chicago.
  — John Semley, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
• Amazon’s Cyber Week sale is in full swing, which means the site’s deals page is chock-full of impressive markdowns in every department.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
• Later in the show’s run, researchers were no longer invited into the writers’ room for rewrites—only the male head of the research department was allowed in.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• In the kitchen department, check out the deals on handy appliances, cookware, and festive glassware, like this champagne flute set that’s begging to be clinked on New Year’s Eve.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
• First responders arrived at the scene and took the child to Palomar Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 8:30 a.m., the sheriff’s department said.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 18 July 2023
• Texts and phone calls came from think tanks and university departments hoping to schedule events.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• Amazon shoppers appear to be on the same page since the Movers and Shakers chart (a hub that tracks the site’s top trending products in every department) is filled with wintery styles.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
• The Gresham officer was on duty but not on a call when the crash happened, police department spokesperson Jarom Sweazey said.
  — Fzarkhin, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024