1
as in agencies
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the Department of the Interior
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as in areas
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
One effective way to foster cross-functional collaboration is by creating a peer group across departments.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States, which is made up of agencies including the departments of Treasury and Justice, expressed reservations about the deal to the companies in a letter last month.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Host Workshops To Promote Cross-Departmental Bonds Host regular hackathons or problem-solving workshops that bring together employees from different departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Dynamic talent technology should also offer innovative operating models adaptable to different departments, functions or geographies.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
This ensures departments stay informed and aligned and can address issues early for smoother collaboration.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
How Dynamic Technology Empowers Talent Growth To truly harness the potential of their workforce, HR departments need to complement traditional systems with technologies that enable skills mapping, gap identification, career path recommendations and the dynamic redeployment of individuals.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Legal departments identified the risks, and many companies started publicizing internal policies that prohibited the use of GenAI due to the risk of leaking confidential information.
—Vincent Danen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.
—Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
The Committee of Foreign Investment in the United States, which is made up of agencies including the departments of Treasury and Justice, expressed reservations about the deal to the companies in a letter last month.
—Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Host Workshops To Promote Cross-Departmental Bonds Host regular hackathons or problem-solving workshops that bring together employees from different departments.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Dynamic talent technology should also offer innovative operating models adaptable to different departments, functions or geographies.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
This ensures departments stay informed and aligned and can address issues early for smoother collaboration.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
How Dynamic Technology Empowers Talent Growth To truly harness the potential of their workforce, HR departments need to complement traditional systems with technologies that enable skills mapping, gap identification, career path recommendations and the dynamic redeployment of individuals.
—Saurabh Jain, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Legal departments identified the risks, and many companies started publicizing internal policies that prohibited the use of GenAI due to the risk of leaking confidential information.
—Vincent Danen, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
While larger enterprises can dedicate entire departments to address these challenges, 60% of small businesses that experience a successful cyberattack are shuttered within six months, raising the stakes even further.
—Raghu Bongula, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for departments
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Finally, some agencies might specialize in particular areas of SEO, such as local SEO for brick-and-mortar businesses, e-commerce SEO for online retailers or international SEO for companies with a global presence.—
Bar Maimon,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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Government agencies, too, are feeling the pressure to do more with less while avoiding service cuts.—
Eric Steele,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Companies, recognizing the economic pressures on their workforce, may establish satellite offices in areas outside Manhattan to reduce the financial strain on their employees.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Zalando is set to purchase its German rival About You, with plans to grab more European market share and collaborate in areas such as business-to-business, logistics and payments.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
6 Jan. 2025
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Still, his mayoral actions appear to at times benefit if not his personal clients, those of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, the firm where Suarez works, which has attorneys and offices all over the world.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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Collins helped lead an earlier legislative effort to close DEI offices at the state’s three public universities — the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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However, they are trained on diverse datasets, which can result in a lack of customization for specific enterprise needs, like domains.—
Abhi Maheshwari,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The goal of use case-specific testing is to validate prompts for the organization’s particular domains.—
Margarita Simonova,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
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The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 Dec. 2024
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However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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And so the entire experience was designed to help people understand what these three realms mean to them.—
Charles Moss,
SPIN,
23 Dec. 2024
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In these realms, Archaea—microorganisms similar to, but evolutionarily distinct from, bacteria—thrive.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
19 Dec. 2024
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corp said more than 50 Liberal members of parliament from Ontario - the most populous of the 10 provinces and the party's main stronghold - held a call on Saturday and agreed Trudeau had to step down.—
David Ljunggren,
USA TODAY,
23 Dec. 2024
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Whatever the reasons for the casting decisions, the Roman empire really did house people of innumerable ethnicities in provinces ranging from Scotland to Arabia.—
Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by History,
TIME,
20 Dec. 2024
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Her specialties include acne, moles, skin cancer, and eczema.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Jan. 2025
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Finding other disease-causing somatic mutations in rheumatology and related specialties will take skill, cunning, and a willingness to test cells and organs throughout the body.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Departments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/departments. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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