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 boat comes with modern amenities like special laboratory refrigerators to store water samples and computer desks to allow continuous measurements of water quality while conducting water quality sampling.
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Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Sale items include classroom furniture such as desks, chairs, bookshelves, tables and podiums, the post says.
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Arkansas Online,
26 June 2026
After workers cleared their desks in February 2025, the USAID offices on Pennsylvania Avenue were repurposed for other government uses.
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Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Long lines formed at information desks as travelers tried to figure out how to reach their destination and where to spend the night.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
But Amazon, which had a tough time getting workers back to their office desks—including thousands of employees pledging to walk out from their jobs to take a stand—isn’t budging.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In a video posted online, students hiding under desks in a shut classroom can be heard screaming and weeping as gunshots could be heard outside.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
The crisis was certainly good for oil companies, but the really booming corner of the business was trading, not drilling; European majors outshone their US competitors in first-quarter earnings because of their robust trading desks.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
The presidential suite has ergonomic desks and chairs (perfect for a working vacation) and brown leather details that give a cozy feel, plus floor-to-ceiling windows with unparalleled, unobstructed views of the city.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 June 2026
Sale items include classroom furniture such as desks, chairs, bookshelves, tables and podiums, the post says.
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Arkansas Online,
26 June 2026
After workers cleared their desks in February 2025, the USAID offices on Pennsylvania Avenue were repurposed for other government uses.
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Gary Fields,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Long lines formed at information desks as travelers tried to figure out how to reach their destination and where to spend the night.
—
ABC News,
24 June 2026
But Amazon, which had a tough time getting workers back to their office desks—including thousands of employees pledging to walk out from their jobs to take a stand—isn’t budging.
—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 June 2026
In a video posted online, students hiding under desks in a shut classroom can be heard screaming and weeping as gunshots could be heard outside.
—
CBS News,
22 June 2026
The crisis was certainly good for oil companies, but the really booming corner of the business was trading, not drilling; European majors outshone their US competitors in first-quarter earnings because of their robust trading desks.
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Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
18 June 2026
The presidential suite has ergonomic desks and chairs (perfect for a working vacation) and brown leather details that give a cozy feel, plus floor-to-ceiling windows with unparalleled, unobstructed views of the city.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desks
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All surgical spaces, along with patient holding, registration and clinical offices, are now located on the same floor to streamline navigation and check-in for patients, families and clinicians.
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Jamison is the city’s most prolific converter of offices to market-rate apartments and currently has a major makeover of a downtown office skyscraper underway for tenants who can pay top rents.
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Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
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Cody Hess, an associate government program analyst for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, said these differences in departments’ needs for in-person meetings make a sweeping return-to-office order unnecessary.
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Even though three public agencies conducted air monitoring, the picture is still murky.
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For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change.
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The double shooting is under investigation by the sheriff’s homicide and internal affairs bureaus.
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Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies that furnish information to credit bureaus have a duty to investigate disputed information.
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According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
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Management cited its recent formal launch of FedEx Life Science, which provides specialized transportation services for the health-care industry, where packages can be both time- and temperature-sensitive, as well as accelerating growth in artificial intelligence.
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“Desks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desks. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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