departments

noun

plural of department
1
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the Department of the Interior

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2
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 They have been used in recent years by some jails and police departments. — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The layoffs affected departments across the museum, including programs, development, and exhibitions, and leave the total staff count at 118. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 But in the Colorado case that athletic departments across the country are closely watching, the plaintiffs have not been granted an additional portal window. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Johnson later headed all non-Sears concessions, such as optical centers and camera departments, before retiring from the company in 1990. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026 Both the city and state education departments have promised to study the results. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 The use of mirrors and other reflective surfaces, along with the frames within frames, was key, and Bauman attributes the impact of the sequence to a close collaboration between departments. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 The cuts affected multiple departments—including exhibitions, development, and programming—and bring SDMA’s total staff count to 118. — News Desk, Artforum, 12 Aug. 2026 In addition to Westminster police, the Los Angeles and Garden Grove police departments had officers at the scene. — Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departments
  1. agencies
  2. areas
  3. offices
  4. domains
  5. bureaus
  6. realms
  7. services
  8. fields
Noun
  • Amy Tucci, president of the Hospice Foundation of America, noted that some agencies provide extra therapy, aide support, and other services.
    — Kim Clark, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The settlement will be paid by Hyundai Mobis, Kia and local staffing and recruitment agencies that helped find and bring the immigrant workers to Georgia on temporary visas.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • Towns and cities are enacting bans on construction seemingly by the day, including in nearby areas in Washington, out of fears of higher electricity bills, pollution and AI taking their jobs.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The full-backs are just as important to the picture, pushing high to overload wide areas and stretch defences.
    — Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of areas
Noun
  • The relatively deep earthquake was felt across a broad swath of Colombia, including Bogotá, Cali, Pereira and Manizales, sending residents rushing from homes, offices and other buildings.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The extension applies to local races, including city, school district and special district offices.
    — Nicole Buss August 9, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of offices
Noun
  • Citation analysis identifies the domains and exact URLs influencing those answers, helping teams see whether their own pages, publishers or other third-party sources shape the response.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Matt is Chief Revenue Officer at Identity Digital, a global leader in next-generation top-level domains and digital identity.
    — Matt Overman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of domains
Noun
  • For stronger protection, consider a credit freeze with all three major bureaus.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Register fraud alerts with Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, the three main credit reporting bureaus.
    — Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of bureaus
Noun
  • In the realms of art, literature, film, and television, words and images that would once have been considered indecent, offensive, or immoral are now commonplace, especially in the West.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That’s perhaps not much comfort to the Philippines and other rival claimants to the South China Sea who are on the receiving end of Chinese hard power — in a world where, increasingly, in both the physical and digital realms, might makes right.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of realms
Noun
  • Black is the vice president of the 211 System Strategy, a helpline supported by the United Way that connects people to food aid, mental health services, transportation and more.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The organization offers a temporary shelter, as well as services for job seeking and helping people set up bank accounts.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of services
Noun
  • Insider tip Follow the paths through the lavender fields at sunset, when the bees begin to settle and the fields catch the last of the ethereal light.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Platsdarm’s volunteers go into fields and forests, among ruins and across territory, where the ground is often mined.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of fields

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