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
Institutional trading desks spend enormous amounts of time studying behavior, emotional responses and risk tolerance because markets constantly pressure people into making irrational decisions.
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Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The 11-villa resort has no TVs or desks in the villas and offers private verandas, canoe rides over coral reefs, sailing excursions and scuba diving.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
The 11-villa property has no TVs or desks in the villas, but offers canoe rides over coral reefs, sailing excursions and scuba diving.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2026
Those included adding desks or modifying office space to make more efficient use of workplaces; shifting the location of employees’ workstations based on surplus office space; and working with California’s Department of General Services to potentially use additional space in Sacramento.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
The rooms are outfitted with rust-red linen drapery that adds a pop of warmth, custom brandy-colored velvet beds and bespoke furniture, including wood cabinets and desks topped with Calacatta Viola marble.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
The purchasing records are for co-working style offices and desks, but not detention facilities.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Because the syndicate desks didn’t see the rise of the individual trader, chiefly via E-trade and Ameritrade, and Schwab .
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 May 2026
The only thing left of Spirit's headquarters in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport is its former terminal, terminal 4, with its empty desks and ticket counters.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The 11-villa resort has no TVs or desks in the villas and offers private verandas, canoe rides over coral reefs, sailing excursions and scuba diving.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026
The 11-villa property has no TVs or desks in the villas, but offers canoe rides over coral reefs, sailing excursions and scuba diving.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2026
Those included adding desks or modifying office space to make more efficient use of workplaces; shifting the location of employees’ workstations based on surplus office space; and working with California’s Department of General Services to potentially use additional space in Sacramento.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
The rooms are outfitted with rust-red linen drapery that adds a pop of warmth, custom brandy-colored velvet beds and bespoke furniture, including wood cabinets and desks topped with Calacatta Viola marble.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
The purchasing records are for co-working style offices and desks, but not detention facilities.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Because the syndicate desks didn’t see the rise of the individual trader, chiefly via E-trade and Ameritrade, and Schwab .
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 May 2026
The only thing left of Spirit's headquarters in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport is its former terminal, terminal 4, with its empty desks and ticket counters.
—Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 3 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desks
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The 150,000-square-foot headquarters on Fourth Avenue houses dispatch, investigations, administrative offices, evidence storage, a crime laboratory and a holding facility.—
Walker Armstrong,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Since the Heat season ended a bit more than a month ago, there has been no significant turnover, roster or otherwise, inside the Heat’s offices at 601 Biscayne Blvd.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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The platform is used by major international law firms and global corporate departments.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Private retailers also do not have the same public disclosure requirements as police departments.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Austin Mayor Kirk Watson praised the coordinated response from local and regional law enforcement agencies, including the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Manor Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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The credit bureaus have said that many recent complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by third-party credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports.—
Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
4 May 2026
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Groups such as the National Agricultural Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation and 12 state farm bureaus have backed Monsanto’s petition to the Supreme Court.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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And Spanish voters are preoccupied with a housing crisis, debates over services for migrants, and the government’s handling of natural disasters, including floods in recent years that left hundreds of people dead.—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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During her over 10-year career at the Swoosh, Kula also held roles like senior director of global consumer digital direct marketing, senior director of global member services and senior director of global brand marketing for Nike training club.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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“Desks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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