subdepartments

variants also sub-departments
plural of subdepartment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for subdepartments
Noun
  • But the roadway is already the primary street for several subdivisions, including the Brookstone Apartments, which has over 220 units, and the Mallard Grove housing subdivision, which has 114 homes.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • According to the audit, the city spent approximately $63 million on homeless shelter services over a two-year period between 2024 and 2025.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • 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.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Even though three public agencies conducted air monitoring, the picture is still murky.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • For advertisers and agencies worn down by years of incremental tooling, that is the difference between a feature and a step change.
    Phoena Pang, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Supporters hail the move as bringing accountability and coherence — through the governor — to all the departments and agencies involved in education.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • 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.
    Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • 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.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
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“Subdepartments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdepartments. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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