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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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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
Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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Sofia Williams,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Banks are starting to explore using AI to boost the productivity of their wealth management departments, especially as rising incomes and wealth boost the demand for financial advice.
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Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
Historically, compliance teams, developers and operational departments functioned separately.
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Eugenia Mykuliak,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The Army Criminal Investigation Division is now working closely with both the Tacoma and Lakewood police departments on the ongoing investigation.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
Other departments have shared such images with the public sooner.
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Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
Police departments and other public safety agencies across Texas spread word about Gracie by making some fun Photoshop jokes about where the giraffe could be.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2026
Its staff and core operations have been transferred to other departments).
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2026
Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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Sofia Williams,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
Banks are starting to explore using AI to boost the productivity of their wealth management departments, especially as rising incomes and wealth boost the demand for financial advice.
—
Angelica Ang,
Fortune,
1 July 2026
Historically, compliance teams, developers and operational departments functioned separately.
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Eugenia Mykuliak,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The Army Criminal Investigation Division is now working closely with both the Tacoma and Lakewood police departments on the ongoing investigation.
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Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2026
Other departments have shared such images with the public sooner.
—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 June 2026
Police departments and other public safety agencies across Texas spread word about Gracie by making some fun Photoshop jokes about where the giraffe could be.
—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 June 2026
Its staff and core operations have been transferred to other departments).
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Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departments
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Even though three public agencies conducted air monitoring, the picture is still murky.
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For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change.
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Daniela DaSuta, founder of SommSpace in Austin, recommends looking for wines labeled Alto Adige, Collio, Collio Goriziano or Friuli Colli Orientali, all benchmark areas for the variety.
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The city presented three scenarios for Hemphill, which would involve either no change to the current traffic flow, adding two lanes of traffic back in certain areas, or adding them back along the entire corridor.
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All surgical spaces, along with patient holding, registration and clinical offices, are now located on the same floor to streamline navigation and check-in for patients, families and clinicians.
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Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents.
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Instead of concentrating combat capability aboard a small number of heavily armed warships, the government says the new vessels will support a hybrid fleet in which crewed ships coordinate networks of autonomous systems across multiple domains.
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Across eight domains of preparedness, respondents gave their highest scores to Community.
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The double shooting is under investigation by the sheriff’s homicide and internal affairs bureaus.
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Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies that furnish information to credit bureaus have a duty to investigate disputed information.
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What if Baahubali dies and has to go through the 14 realms of the afterlife in Indian mythology?
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The new wrinkle is that the big platforms want to draft off what makes top creators successful in their digital-native realms.
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According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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His companies have redrawn the boundaries of multiple economic fields—the automotive industry, the aerospace sector, satellite communications—and his direct influence has helped transform the world’s most powerful government.
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The magnetic pull for those whose ultimate prize is privacy and connection to nature is towards gardens, forests, fields and beachfronts that stretch into the distance, delineating possibilities.
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“Departments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departments. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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