desk

noun

ˈdesk How to pronounce desk (audio)
Definition of desknext
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 Lois’s supervisor called her into his office behind the registration desk. — Madeline Ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 The Cuban delegation began shouting and banging on their desks. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 In the middle of the fourth, Fox did away with the conventional pod altogether and threw to its on-field studio desk. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Toward the end of the hearing, Floris' attorney Margaret Donovan asked Witt how the investigation into the former FBI officials reached his desk. — Sophia Vlahakis, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for desk
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  1. office
  2. department
  3. agency
  4. bureau
Noun
  • For over a year, residents of Serbia's capital were blocked from entering one of the city's most prominent parks, nestled between Parliament and Vucic's offices.
    — JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Trump won his second term in office just days after the collapse of a new concrete canopy at a train station in Novi Sad, killing 16 people.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of office
Noun
  • To accommodate those patients who’ve been admitted but don’t have a room, the hospital has installed dozens of beds in what was once the emergency department’s waiting room and in adjacent spaces.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The local police department is conducting a criminal investigation into the events leading up to the collision and the actions of those involved, Kinnan said Wednesday.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of department
Noun
  • Federal investigation now underway Emergency personnel from multiple agencies responded to the crash site, where wreckage from both helicopters was scattered across a rural field.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • After the conclusion of the World Series, Luke Maile, Jonathan India, Craig Kimbrel, Josh Rojas and Alec Marsh were among the players who departed Kansas City via free agency.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of agency
Noun
  • The president fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017 as the bureau was investigating ties between Russia and the Republican’s successful 2016 campaign for the White House.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Over and over for years these probes would continue, burning through the resources of five bureaus to turn up exactly the same information in every report.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of bureau

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