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Recent Examples of task force
In February 2022 Suffolk County Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison and Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney formed a task force with the goal of identifying the person or people responsible for the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Vargas had been identified by the task force, in conjunction with the Aurora Police Department, as a suspect following a cannabis investigation, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to connect him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mystery took a turn in early 2022, when Rodney Harrison, the new Suffolk County police commissioner, formed a task force devoted to cracking the case.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Vargas had been identified by the task force, in conjunction with the Aurora Police Department, as a suspect following a cannabis investigation, officials said.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
In 2022, six weeks after a new police commissioner formed the Gilgo Beach task force, detectives identified Heuermann as a suspect by using a vehicle registration database to connect him to a pickup truck that a witness reported seeing when one of the victims disappeared in 2010.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
The mystery took a turn in early 2022, when Rodney Harrison, the new Suffolk County police commissioner, formed a task force devoted to cracking the case.
—Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for task force
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The team’s early, anemic offense came with starter Max Fried holding the game together, pitching eight innings while allowing six hits, no walks and striking out six batters.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Later that afternoon, Miller and his team got to work on the second bedroom.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The Rays were also at the forefront of other innovations and/or adjustments, such as defensive shifts, lineup platoons, matchup bullpens, star-quality super-utility players and putting a numbers nerd (technically a process and analytics coach) in the dugout.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Senior Lieutenant Ivan Kavun, the commander of a machine-gun platoon in the 30th Mechanized Brigade, spent 486 days in a frontline deployment, according to his unit.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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At one point, my friend was added to a WeChat group that included nearly five hundred foreign actors, many of whom were sharing casting calls to make sure they weren’t being scammed.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Vikings could target him as an undrafted signing to bolster a defensive backs group that should look far different when the draft concludes.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Even better, EcoSet’s Materials Oasis provides a wide array of supplies free of charge to non-profits like schools and other organizations that can make use of cast-off sets, furniture, art supplies and assorted props.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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The cable network formerly known as MSNBC announced Wednesday that Thomas will lead the organization’s political unit and direct coverage of campaigns and elections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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These vague groupings make more sense than a chronological accounting, since many of the artists on view grew and changed over rather short periods of time.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2026
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the statement posted on social media by his brigade, Mykhailov described the horror of losing men under Russian fire, as well as the constant assaults that grew more intense if the weather was too poor for Ukraine to thwart attacks with drones.—
Daria Tarasova-Markina,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
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In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Reis talked her way onto a crew member’s unofficial salvage expedition.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the skipper and the rest of the crew work frantically to put the ship about and head back to recover the person.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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In February 2025, a 3,281-square-foot cluster home in the first block of Snow Melt Court sold for $2,305,000, a price per square foot of $703.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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The first 32 picks of the 2026 NFL Draft will begin primarily focused on a top tier that runs out quickly, and transition to a bunch of teams staring at the same cluster of offensive tackles, edge rushers and wide receivers.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Task force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20force. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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