task force

noun

: a temporary grouping under one leader for the purpose of accomplishing a definite objective

Examples of task force in a Sentence

They appointed a task force to review the situation.

Recent Examples on the Web

As currently written, the task force’s recommendations will have to be adopted by supervisors via an ordinance, leaving the door open for current and future supervisors to exert influence over the ethics commission’s budget, staff and authority. —Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026

Trump last month signed an executive order to create an anti-fraud task force across federal benefit programs led by Vice President JD Vance. —Ali Swenson, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026

In February 2022 Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney formed a task force with the goal of identifying the person or people responsible for the Gilgo Beach serial killings. —Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026

Vargas had been identified by the task force, in conjunction with the Aurora Police Department, as a suspect following a cannabis investigation, officials said. —Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for task force

• concourse
• divorce
• endorse
• enforce
• indorse
• midcourse
• outsource
• perforce
• racecourse
• racehorse
• remorse
• seahorse