OFFICES Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

offices

noun

plural of office

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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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 Its incumbent, Tony Thurmond, had a background in social work before running for various offices, but that kind of experience isn’t always the case. — Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026 In the immense downtime between scenes during my visit this past September, the crew of HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon trudges among plastic tents serving as makeshift production offices. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026 Some are driving to state offices to try to get answers in person. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 13 July 2026 In his post-Brocade years, Malavalli has become a venture capitalist and is a partner with venture firm VKRM, a venture firm with its head offices in Los Altos and India. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 13 July 2026 Co-working spaces and offices are springing up alongside the apartments and high-end restaurants. — Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Productions also have access to green rooms, offices, wardrobe and makeup areas, catering facilities, props and set-dressing warehouses and on-site parking. — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 11 July 2026 LeVota signed the executive order on July 4, while all of Jackson County’s municipal government offices were closed for the holiday. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026 There’ll be a few raspy voices like Kane’s around work offices this morning and that, deep down, is what the World Cup should always be about. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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Noun

Since the audit tool was introduced, multiple departments have announced arrests of officers across the state, signaling a level of misuse that may have previously gone undetected.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Of about 5% of hospitals globally that have international patient departments, Stephano estimated less than 1% are internationally accredited.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of departments

Noun

Kansas City’s World Cup hosting duties have ended, but the city is guaranteed to have a presence in the championship game with Argentina and England holding base camps in KC.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
Following that match played in front of 80,000 fans in a frenzied atmosphere in Mexico City, Jimenez will now return to club duties in the second tier of English football with Wolves.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of duties

Noun

Because of the convictions, Flores will no longer be eligible to work for law enforcement at any level, including local, state and federal agencies.

— Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Then, in 2012, redevelopment agencies were dissolved by the state and their obligations transferred to successor agencies.

— Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of agencies

Noun

Jam’s father left when Jam was a teenager, choosing music over family responsibilities.

— Datwon Thomas, VIBE.com, 9 July 2026
As Americans live longer and families become smaller, Irving said, ideas about who provides care and how caregiving responsibilities are shared are evolving.

— Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Definition of responsibilities

Noun

These include labor regulations such as prevailing wage obligations and environmental mandates such as the requirement that all new construction include solar panels.

— Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
Led by attorneys Darren Heitner and Ryan Downton, Borovicanin’s group argues that the NCAA has breached obligations owed to them in the Division I Manual.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 July 2026

Definition of obligations

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Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
If there are no Apple App Store services in 2276, our historical iPhone 17 Pro has another insurmountable problem.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026

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