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
Pelosi helped orchestrate the landmark Affordable Care Act, getting the sweeping health care reform legislation passed in Congress and to Obama’s desk.
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
For example, your computer could stay at your desk and be used for work.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
All men want is for their charging cables to stop sliding off their desks and nightstands, disappearing into a deep, dark abyss that’s impossible to reach.
—John Lonsdale, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
In addition to employment of local Navajo people, for food service and front-desk roles, among others, the lodge offers a revenue share program, donating a percentage of profits to local Indigenous community causes.
—Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
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Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
For example, your computer could stay at your desk and be used for work.
—Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
All men want is for their charging cables to stop sliding off their desks and nightstands, disappearing into a deep, dark abyss that’s impossible to reach.
—John Lonsdale, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2025
In addition to employment of local Navajo people, for food service and front-desk roles, among others, the lodge offers a revenue share program, donating a percentage of profits to local Indigenous community causes.
—Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desk
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Further adding to the time saving, Toupin even bases his company office at the fast-developing Salado Airport in Texas, just 30 minutes north of Austin.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
8 Nov. 2025
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Approximately 140 of Crews & Associates' employees are moving their jobs from the downtown office in the River Market District to the new location.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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On Friday, two federal judges ordered SNAP benefits to be paid from the department's contingency fund, but confusion continued over the issue Tuesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ausberry said at a press conference last week that LSU and its athletic department are not broken.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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To date, the agency has investigated 408 fatal incidents resulting in 454 deaths on Arkansas highways, state police records say.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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The company was also working with Transport for London on a double-decker electric bus, but the agency has yet to place an order.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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John Magsam is the Northwest Arkansas bureau chief.—
John Magsam,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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But the photo editor on duty in the AP’s Saigon bureau the day it was taken in 1972, Carl Robinson, now says Út was not the one who took the celebrated photo.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desk. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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