subdepartment

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Recent Examples of subdepartment At Justice, he was assigned to the Bureau of Investigation, then a relatively poky subdepartment known to the public, if it was known at all, for sniffing out violations of the 1910 Mann Act. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdepartment
Noun
  • No more than four people in this subdivision can be from the same party, meaning the sixth person will be a Democrat.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • That area had once been earmarked for a large subdivision similar to Tierrasanta.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • By July, the department walked back its need for a large-scale reduction in force.
    Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Renaming the department would likely require an act of Congress.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Schiff, according to his office, navigated the two mortgages in consultation with a House lawyer.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 6 Sep. 2025
  • According to the secretary of state's office, Achor defeated Mayes, then Green, by a margin of 7,226 (56%) to 5,752 (44%) in the 2024 general election.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • How do these different agencies work together?
    Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But unlike a first class cabin on a plane, these buses don't include any dedicated on-board service.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The center opened eight weeks ago and aims to close the gap in support for adult day center services in Tennessee.
    Ruben Montoya, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Subdepartment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdepartment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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