task forces

Definition of task forcesnext
plural of task force

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Noun
  • As of January 7, seven teams are looking for a new coach, including the Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Arizona Cardinals.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • That's not to mention the lower ranks where teams like James Madison or Tulane might find their way into the 12-team field, only to get obliterated in the playoff and lose their coaches and half their players to Power Five schools along the way.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Israeli attacks weakened Iran’s regional armed proxy groups such as Hamas and Hezbollahwhile US strikes dealt significant damage to the country’s nuclear program, which the government spent billions to develop.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In other locations, particularly in southeastern Iran, rights groups said security forces fired directly at protesters in Zahedan after prayers, wounding several people.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • While the company largely stays out of the headlines, Applecart has a leading place in an emerging but discreet cohort of companies and organizations aimed at reaching key figures in industry and government.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Several leading human rights and watchdog organizations in recent days condemned growing violence against demonstrators by government forces.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • A number of other Ukrainian brigades have created their own youth wings.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Fragmented response The response to the armed gangs in Haiti has been fragmented, with the government turning to private armed contractors and citizens setting up vigilante brigades.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to the Defense official, the Army plans to ramp up training over the next year, eventually sending in platoons of some 40 soldiers at a time to train.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The white officers in the 24 companies overseeing the volunteer platoons were also initially skeptical.
    Time, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In April, a jury convicted Wenger of conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and obstruction of justice.
    Tim Fang, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the mullets are more obvious than others, ranging from close crops to messy mops.
    Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Other crops should receive a general garden fertilizer monthly or consider use of a slow-release product that may only be needed once to produce the harvests.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The goal is cohesion, and using materials, shapes, and plant groupings that feel intentional—from the curb all the way to the front door.
    Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Task forces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20forces. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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