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
But Janet is not just someone who sits behind the desk answering phones and filing paperwork.
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Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Her departure from the desk follows longtime anchor Kim Khazei, one of the original members of the 7News team, who signed off last December, and Rob Way, who left earlier this month after working for over four years as a weekday reporter and weekend night anchor.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Friday afternoon — as lines of weary travelers stretched from Amtrak’s customer service desk — dozens of Amtrak workers, clad in hard-hats and high-viz vests, could be seen from the western end of Platform 6.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
Dunleavy has until early June to sign the budget lawmakers sent to his desk.
—Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 29 May 2026
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Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Her departure from the desk follows longtime anchor Kim Khazei, one of the original members of the 7News team, who signed off last December, and Rob Way, who left earlier this month after working for over four years as a weekday reporter and weekend night anchor.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
Friday afternoon — as lines of weary travelers stretched from Amtrak’s customer service desk — dozens of Amtrak workers, clad in hard-hats and high-viz vests, could be seen from the western end of Platform 6.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 29 May 2026
Dunleavy has until early June to sign the budget lawmakers sent to his desk.
—Emily Schwing, ProPublica, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desk
Noun
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Additional charges filed against Frank Blessing, 58, of Simi Valley include assault against a police officer, vandalism over $400, and battery against a nurse or doctor, according to the Ventura County district attorney’s office.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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My office is six milk crates with a board on top of them in the corner of my kitchen, and this lady has a whole squat rack on her second floor with its own shower?—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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Strauss, who killed himself in 2005, was employed by Ohio State’s athletic department and medical staff for nearly two decades.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Mullin took over from former Secretary Kristi Noem in March after she was fired not long after lawmakers pressed her about the department’s massive spending.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Instead, pluralism, naturally associated with diversity and popular agency, was made into the cultural face of capitalism—it was branded as a false openness mimicking the free market, as a flattening that might cause art and art history to lose the threads of progress and quality.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Aguilar was taken into custody during a SWAT operation involving multiple law enforcement agencies.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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The local tourism bureau also offers a downloadable coupon book for even more vacation discounts.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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Each bureau is handled separately.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
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“Desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desk. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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