as in offices
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the city desk of a prominent newspaper
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Recent Examples of desks
Our representatives need to get out from behind their desks and find out why inflated prices that matter most to consumers are rising.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
The announcement follows days of speculation that the company, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was planning to make cuts to its foreign, sports and local desks.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Walking the office floor to check who’s chatting doesn’t guarantee productivity, which is why dragging workers back to desks in the name of performance reflects an outdated view of how work actually happens in a digital economy.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Foreign desks were also heavily impacted, along with cuts to business and national teams.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The Washington Post was decimated by layoffs that gutted the sports, books and foreign desks.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
From ornate secretary desks to sleek mid-century tables, there are plenty of antique options to upgrade your work from home setup.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
Then Atre and his friends would retire to their desks and go to work, focused, enthralled, relentless — ten, twelve, fourteen hours without pause — applying their energies to their various start-ups and inventions and business ideas.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Restaurant tables sat empty, business windows went dark and students’ desks were abandoned in several cities across the country Friday amid a nationwide strike in protest of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
The announcement follows days of speculation that the company, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, was planning to make cuts to its foreign, sports and local desks.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
Walking the office floor to check who’s chatting doesn’t guarantee productivity, which is why dragging workers back to desks in the name of performance reflects an outdated view of how work actually happens in a digital economy.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
Foreign desks were also heavily impacted, along with cuts to business and national teams.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The Washington Post was decimated by layoffs that gutted the sports, books and foreign desks.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
From ornate secretary desks to sleek mid-century tables, there are plenty of antique options to upgrade your work from home setup.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
Then Atre and his friends would retire to their desks and go to work, focused, enthralled, relentless — ten, twelve, fourteen hours without pause — applying their energies to their various start-ups and inventions and business ideas.
—Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
Restaurant tables sat empty, business windows went dark and students’ desks were abandoned in several cities across the country Friday amid a nationwide strike in protest of the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desks
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Over the course of her career, Karen Powers worked in the offices of three State Farm agents as a kind of office manager with, eventually, duties of selling insurance herself.—
J.C. Hallman,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hospitals and medical centers can be far flung, making even routine visits to doctors' offices a challenge.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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In Washington state, some of the most sweeping police reforms were passed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, including requiring recruits in all departments across the state to get the same standard use of force training.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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Edwards, who trains such police departments as the New York Police Department on drone threat mitigation, points to fiber-optic drones that can evade radio frequency detection systems as a particular concern.—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nanos acknowledged that the scene should have remained secured longer and that other agencies could have been called in earlier.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Civil Grand Jury is an independent investigatory body convened annually to examine the operations of county and city government, school districts, special districts and other local public agencies.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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The program is being tested in partnership with Esusu, a company that reports rent payments to credit bureaus to help consumers build credit.—
Ken Sweet,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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Some of the better identity theft protection services, like LifeLock and IdentityForce, offer a one-touch credit freeze that covers all three bureaus.—
Evan Zimmer,
CNBC,
9 Dec. 2025
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And last month was the worst January for hiring announcements since 2009, according to data from career services company Challenger, Gray & Christmas.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Li highlighted YouTube’s safety features and compared YouTube to entertainment streaming services like Netflix and Disney+, an argument YouTube has made before.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Desks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desks. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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