offices

noun

plural of office
1
as in departments
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the company's main office is in Atlanta

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2
as in duties
something one must do because of prior agreement one of the chief offices of a friend is to be there in someone's hour of need

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Recent Examples of offices In the Silver State, Democrats swept all five state constitutional offices--and none of the races was particularly close. — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026 Democrat Gina Hinojosa is now the governor-elect and her state House colleague Vikki Goodwin won her bid for lieutenant governor, giving the party control of Texas’ top two executive offices. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2026 But the documents do not specify whether certain offices would be closed or moved, or whether any employees would be fired. — Jake Spring, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026 The contest remains too early for The Associated Press to call, and Colom’s historic bid will hinge on a tedious process playing out in elections offices across Mississippi’s 82 counties. — Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 The contest remains too early for the Associated Press to call, and Colom’s historic bid will hinge on a tedious process playing out in elections offices across Mississippi’s 82 counties. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026 Weta may offer them internships at its offices in Wellington, Melbourne and Vancouver. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026 Exposures have occurred at hospitals and doctors’ offices, grocery stores and restaurants, and K-12 schools and universities. — Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 6 Nov. 2026 The president fielded questions from reporters for nearly 20 minutes after casting his own 2026 votes at the offices of the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Saturday afternoon. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offices
  1. departments
  2. duties
  3. agencies
  4. responsibilities
  5. bureaus
  6. obligations
  7. services
  8. needs
Noun
  • Swatting calls are usually made to police departments or courthouses, Heinze explains.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Before that, Darchiev headed the Foreign Ministry’s departments of North America and the North Atlantic; served as ambassador to Canada; and was a minister-counselor at the Washington embassy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of departments
Noun
  • Shimmy helms chorus duties before passing the baton to Future, who shades a woman he’s done with.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Manifest Pictures has boarded international sales rights ahead of the American Film Market, taking over sales duties from XYZ.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • But that order affects only what federal agencies can procure, and a company can opt out of being a federal contractor.
    — Tal Feldman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The information helps researchers identify collision hotspots and provides transportation agencies with data to guide safety improvements.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of agencies
Noun
  • The Sagittarius Moon encourages a wider view of daily responsibilities.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than trying to recreate Jensen Huang’s role under another executive, Aldebert said a transition could give Nvidia an opportunity to change its leadership structure and divide responsibilities among a broader group of executives.
    — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of responsibilities
Noun
  • Security bureaus obsessively police information flows and political conduct, while neighborhood units monitor every household.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Over and over for years these probes would continue, burning through the resources of five bureaus to turn up exactly the same information in every report.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of bureaus
Noun
  • The Department complies with all record retention obligations, and any suggestion otherwise is incorrect.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The family members are generally involved in legal proceedings regarding personal property, financial obligations and afterlife wishes of the person who died.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of obligations
Noun
  • Luggage began piling up at the Southwest Airlines baggage services office as passengers with layovers at the airport appeared increasingly grim.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2026
  • CareFlite said in a statement that its emergency medical services air teams was also operational.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Nov. 2026
Definition of services
Noun
  • This is essential to regain our global influence, end unnecessary risks to our service members and ensure our government can address Americans’ needs at home.
    — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • So that’s where the expectation gap gets bigger and bigger, because what the worker needs and what the operation needs are different.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of needs

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