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
If a colleague drops a project on your desk, ask for a deadline and confirm what success looks like before accepting.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump on Tuesday night is set to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, which Barclays' trading desk said may include an ultimatum to Iran.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Seventeen years later, a lighter iteration called the Moroccanoil Treatment Mist landed on my desk—and the timing couldn’t have been better.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Feb. 2026
Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2026
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Trump on Tuesday night is set to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, which Barclays' trading desk said may include an ultimatum to Iran.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Seventeen years later, a lighter iteration called the Moroccanoil Treatment Mist landed on my desk—and the timing couldn’t have been better.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Feb. 2026
Carolyn Hax started her Washington Post advice column in 1997, after five years on the Style desk and none as a therapist.
—Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desk
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After the sham lawsuit was revealed, Clark and others in the city attorney’s office blamed other attorneys.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Pullman also stole from the union on his own, the office said, using his position debit card to pay for items like a vacation to Miami and lunch of champagne and caviar in New York with his then-girlfriend.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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The department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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This respiratory season, the city of Chicago has seen the highest levels of emergency department visits and hospitalizations from flu since 2022.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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The agency – while still enlarging its footprint across the country – may adopt more targeted, less public tactics going forward, according to reporting by CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
24 Feb. 2026
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It is made available to other agencies as needed about 200 days out of the year, usually for a fee to cover the cost of operations.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Patel flew to Milan for the last few days of the Olympics on Thursday, reportedly taking the bureau’s jet for the trip.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Feb. 2026
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According to the census bureau, nearly 10 percent of your labor force are immigrants.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desk. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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