Thesaurus results for DEPARTMENTS

departments

noun

plural of department

as in agencies

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

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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 departments The most common and most aggressive form of these 287(g) partnerships, the Task Force Model, allows police and sheriff's departments to make immigration arrests. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026 It's empowered to conduct investigations and instruct departments to withhold payments if there are credible allegations of fraud, among other duties. — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 Within five days of expiration, the rescue departments exchange whole blood with the hospital, allowing the hospital to use it immediately in exchange for blood with a longer shelf life. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 The surgeon general oversees the Florida Department of Health and county health departments across the state. — Liv Coleman, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 Customers, both police departments and private clients, can use the database to search for and track the movement of license plates across the country. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026 Domestic violence has long been a serious, if usually hidden, problem in police departments across the country. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Other museum departments have reportedly been asked to plan for cuts as well, following strikes over working conditions that are currently suspended. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Goldhagen, who led Duval County’s health department from 1993 to 2005, said Florida’s statewide system of county health departments has been hollowed out by years of staff and budget cuts, diminishing their ability to address public health crises. — Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The law enforcement agencies must act with an iron fist and in an immediate manner.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Florida has already given hundreds of millions of additional money to law enforcement agencies in the state in exchange for their participation in the program.

— Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of agencies

Noun

Along the circulation areas, adjustable panels woven from recycled PET rattan provide privacy while allowing air through and filtering daylight.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026
Their contribution targets children ages 11 to 17 in areas with lower-than-average household incomes, with additional emphasis on communities near their home in central Texas.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of areas

Noun

The president fielded questions from reporters for nearly 20 minutes after casting his own 2026 votes at the offices of the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Saturday afternoon.

— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026
Just as in the previous 10 cycles, the current cycle combines economic concerns (including energy prices) and negative stories about incumbents in various offices.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of offices

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The team also found that recombination was more likely between enzyme domains with similar DNA sequences, particularly within the same gene.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
More broadly, a meta-analysis of over 100 studies found that fear appeals reliably shift attitudes and behavior across health and other domains.

— Monique Mitchell Turner, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of domains

Noun

And even without the holodeck, genres are fluid things that often take from each other to tell stories within each other’s realms.

— Matthew Razak, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
The idea of treating Oregon on the same plane as some of the great fantasy realms from my youth like Narnia and Oz and Middle Earth was crazy to even think about.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of realms

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Lam Research, whose equipment and services help make semiconductors, reported gains in profit and revenue for the summer that were slightly stronger than analysts expected, for example.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
That research has mattered tremendously, helping lower barriers to care and dramatically reform the delivery of health care and other services to address substance use.

— J. Travis Donahoe, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of services

Noun

Users can create forms or complete existing ones using text fields, checkboxes, and other elements.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
As Reclamation District 108 leaves some fields dry, the goal will be to move a levee back so the river can spread out, restoring a natural floodplain, Bair said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

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