Thesaurus results for DEPARTMENT

department

noun

di-ˈpärt-mənt

Definition of department

as in agency

a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization the Department of the Interior

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as in area

a region of activity, knowledge, or influence that's not my department, but maybe I can help you anyway

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Recent Examples of department Emails to the league's security department and the Prefecture de Police de Paris have not been answered by publication time. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 The operation took place Thursday in a rural area of El Tambo, in the Cauca department of Colombia’s Pacific region. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 There have not been any measles diagnoses in the state in 3 weeks, according to the department. — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026 But his experience of being investigated over an unproven allegation has already created fear in the department. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for department

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Noun

The Ebola outbreak that began in DR Congo is becoming a continental crisis after authorities initially underestimated its spread, the head of Africa’s public health agency told Semafor as new cases were reported as far afield as Nigeria.

— Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Trump could direct federal agencies to adopt a different name for the Atlantic or Pacific.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of agency

Noun

The election process was marred by allegations of voter suppression, with Lula's campaign reporting suspended public transportation in some key areas, prompting the court to extend voting by two hours.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Fixing the problem Flexible substrates have uneven surface roughness and varying hydroxyl-group densities, making standard large-area printing techniques ineffective.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of area

Noun

For over a year, residents of Serbia's capital were blocked from entering one of the city's most prominent parks, nestled between Parliament and Vucic's offices.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Trump won his second term in office just days after the collapse of a new concrete canopy at a train station in Novi Sad, killing 16 people.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of office

Noun

The first in the ACOTAR series, the romantasy novel introduces us to Feyre Archeron, a human woman who agrees to go live in the fairie realm of Prythian in order to save her family.

— Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2026
Put another way, in bringing the footage into the realm of film, and not reality television—his domain—Fielder breached some ethical standard.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of realm

Noun

The president fired James Comey as FBI director in May 2017 as the bureau was investigating ties between Russia and the Republican’s successful 2016 campaign for the White House.

— Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
Over and over for years these probes would continue, burning through the resources of five bureaus to turn up exactly the same information in every report.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of bureau

Noun

The highly specific domain expertise many programs sell is exactly what machines can now replicate at scale.

— Matt vandenBerg, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Balancing expansion with sustainability Space was once the sole domain of nation states, but this is no longer the case.

— David Zamora, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of domain

Noun

The crash, which occurred in a flat stretch surrounded by olive fields in between the towns of Urda and Los Yébenes, left carriages shredded into bits of metal and other material, scattering debris down a gravel slope.

— JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
Understanding these effects could help identify the physical limits of controlling electrons with rapidly oscillating light fields.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026

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