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
The desks of the New York Public Library’s main branch, on Fifth Avenue, are five and a half feet apart.
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Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Of course, the syndicate desks are aware of it.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
People filled the seats, the aisles, sat on tables and desks, lined up double against the wall so everybody could get inside.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Students arrived for class on a recent analog day to find typewriters at the desks, some with German and some QWERTY keyboards.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
The Orange site features meeting spaces (desks, offices, suites and recording studios), a lounge area with bar-top, booths and relaxed seating.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Billions of devices in pockets, on wrists, and on desks have made Apple a ubiquitous brand in much of the world—and a stock that anchors retirement portfolios and index funds.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Sitting a few desks away from Aura, Zaiya is Aura's best friend and frequent winner of the 99math game.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
There was a nationwide civil defense drill to test emergency preparedness; the front page of a newspaper had a photo of schoolchildren taking cover under their desks.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Of course, the syndicate desks are aware of it.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
People filled the seats, the aisles, sat on tables and desks, lined up double against the wall so everybody could get inside.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
Students arrived for class on a recent analog day to find typewriters at the desks, some with German and some QWERTY keyboards.
—ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
The Orange site features meeting spaces (desks, offices, suites and recording studios), a lounge area with bar-top, booths and relaxed seating.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 30 Mar. 2026
Billions of devices in pockets, on wrists, and on desks have made Apple a ubiquitous brand in much of the world—and a stock that anchors retirement portfolios and index funds.
—Indrani Sen, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
Sitting a few desks away from Aura, Zaiya is Aura's best friend and frequent winner of the 99math game.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
There was a nationwide civil defense drill to test emergency preparedness; the front page of a newspaper had a photo of schoolchildren taking cover under their desks.
—Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desks
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Property Play covers new and evolving opportunities for the real estate investor, from individuals to venture capitalists, private equity funds, family offices, institutional investors and large public companies.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Weeks earlier, during an interview at SpaceX’s offices in Hawthorne, California, Musk told McNeill that the electric vehicle maker was struggling to hit its quarterly numbers.—
Faiz Siddiqui,
Washington Post,
7 Apr. 2026
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This story is republished via CT Community News, a service of the Connecticut Student Journalism Collaborative, an organization sponsored by journalism departments at college and university campuses across the state.—
Mikayla Bunnell,
Hartford Courant,
11 Apr. 2026
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On March 24, the Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisor Margaret Abe Koga with support and input from our county’s labor unions, ordered a comprehensive study on AI use across county departments, to set guidelines so future technology solutions improve jobs instead of replacing them.—
Maria Noel Fernandez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Mecklenburg currently has two community resource centers in west and east Charlotte, offering one-stop access to county agencies and community groups that help address housing, food insecurity, health and more.—
Mary Ramsey
April 6,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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As far as peptides go, Koniver seemed to support America’s public-health agencies coming under new management.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Because lenders don’t always report to all three bureaus, fraudulent accounts may appear on only one report.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Tomkins began his career editing news summaries for Radio Free Europe’s foreign bureaus before joining Newsweek in 1957 as a foreign news editor.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 Mar. 2026
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King will also be responsible for enforcing the city’s contracts with Nebius, a Dutch artificial intelligence services company set to break ground later this year on a $150 billion AI data center in eastern Independence.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Carbyne, an Israeli tech startup for which Barak was a lead investor and board chairman, wanted to provide security services and anti-drone technology when Qatar hosted the soccer World Cup in 2022.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Desks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desks. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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