task force

noun

Definition of task forcenext
as in team

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Recent Examples of task force The recommendations come from a task force created by County Executive Calvin Ball in May, following the March 1 shooting death of Alexander LaMorie outside his Columbia apartment building, Patuxent Commons. — Cbs Baltimore, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 Keeping guns away For Dunne, who spearheaded the July report on violence against women for the city and county task force, there was one clear factor behind the rise in nonfatal shootings. — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026 The Iron Gate task force, made up of about 20 personnel, is based in Tampa, where Centcom’s main headquarters is located. — Maegan Vazquez, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026 Those omissions leave the task force’s practical reach unclear, even as its creation shows that Washington’s pressure campaign is moving into another arena. — Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for task force
Recent Examples of Synonyms for task force
  1. team
  2. platoon
  3. group
  4. organization
  5. grouping
  6. brigade
  7. crew
  8. cluster
Noun
  • Set to open later in 2026 is Hawa Haveli, an eight-key stay with a restaurant and cocktail bar, housed in a 19th-century merchant mansion—another intimate boutique property from the same team.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • On a larger scale, the Sentinel’s former executive editor and her husband, Julie and Lars Anderson, decided to fund an entire investigative team this year.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of team
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  • The department uses a three-shift platoon system with a daily minimum of 11 on-duty personnel, per the study.
    — Andis Robeznieks, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Its battery-electric vehicles propel themselves rather than relying on a conventional locomotive, and can operate individually or form coordinated groups, known as platoons.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of platoon
Noun
  • Supporters had hoped the freezing of the conflict since 2022 had allowed anti-Houthi forces to regroup, rearm, and emerge as a different fighting force than that which struggled to combat the group during the civil war from 2014-22.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2026
  • His family said a group of men grabbed his sister near Elm Street, prompting a verbal altercation involving Boling.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of group
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  • Wedding was arrested in Mexico in January after federal authorities alleged the former Olympic snowboarder had become the head of a drug trafficking organization.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The flexible grant money will allow the organization to initiate projects sooner without waiting for government reimbursements, Morrison-North said.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of organization
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  • Although more than half of the Paleolithic cave-art groupings recorded in Europe are located in the Iberian Peninsula, the study notes that the northeastern region has generally yielded only fragmentary evidence.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Israel’s largest Arab party grouping declared its support Thursday for Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government, potentially clearing the path for a coalition that excludes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
    — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of grouping
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  • In 1994, Defense Secretary Les Aspin rescinded the risk rule policy but kept in place the exclusion that barred women from serving in direct ground combat units below the brigade level.
    — James LaPorta, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Italian police were out in force again Friday with riot brigades, drones and helicopters visible in the skies above the Rome protest.
    — Richard Engel, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of brigade
Noun
  • Sacramento Fire Department crews transported the bicyclist to Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center with critical injuries.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • As conditions worsened overnight, emergency crews sent warnings to evacuate.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of crew
Noun
  • The hotel anchors Riverfront Village—a neat cluster of condos, restaurants, and the Riverfront Express Gondola.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Tech giants currently face various obstacles in expanding massive server clusters across North America.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of cluster

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