task forces

Definition of task forcesnext
plural of task force

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Noun
  • The Oklahoma City Thunder took on the San Antonio Spurs Saturday night to decide the Western Conference title, after a back-and-forth series that has seen both teams leading at various points.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • Both teams qualified for the CIF Southern California Regional playoffs that begin Tuesday.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • But many critics — including transit, affordable housing, environmental justice and clean water groups — said this amounts to a dismantling of the program.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • The Kansas Coalition for Common Sense, which has supported the petition effort alongside the groups Prairie Progress Civic Action and Leading Kansas, slammed the response.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Aside from many religious organizations, local grant recipients include Girl Scouts of San Diego-Imperial Council, Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest and San Diego LGBTQ Community Center.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • The award places the AJC alongside leading national media organizations, with this year’s category featuring nominees from ABC News, National Geographic and MSNOW.
    Hugo Rojo, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • Their brigades are like one out of six that work.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • In the coming years, as Erik Neander took over the baseball operations department, the Rays were at the forefront of analytics with defensive shifts, aggressive platoons, utilizing openers, creating a menagerie of arm slots in the bullpen and, yes, prioritizing exit velocity.
    John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
  • Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.
    Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Apocalypse movies are breeding grounds for unlikely posses, and this Australian zom-com from writer-director Abe Forsythe is no exception.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Others threatened the monkeys that wouldn’t let Punch join their posses.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the 1860s, the Central Pacific Railroad laid tracks, which allowed for crops to be transported to market.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
  • Tomatoes are among the most popular backyard garden crops—and with good reason.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2026
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2026
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“Task forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20forces. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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