as in office
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the city desk of a prominent newspaper
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Recent Examples of desk
Shalit started as a book reviewer on Today in 1970 and went on to replace Joe Garagiola on the desk three years later.
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Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Elevate your home office with a swirling burl wood desk.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The correction officers arrested him, walking him through a cheering and jeering crowd of their colleagues, and finally released him hours later with a desk appearance ticket charging him with promoting contraband, the lawsuit says.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
In 1880, Queen Victoria gave President Hayes a desk made of timbers from the HMS Resolute, which sits in the Oval Office today.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Chris Koseluk, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026
Elevate your home office with a swirling burl wood desk.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026
The correction officers arrested him, walking him through a cheering and jeering crowd of their colleagues, and finally released him hours later with a desk appearance ticket charging him with promoting contraband, the lawsuit says.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
In 1880, Queen Victoria gave President Hayes a desk made of timbers from the HMS Resolute, which sits in the Oval Office today.
—New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desk
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The California secretary of state’s office on Wednesday declared that enough valid signatures were submitted.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Police said officers found the victim, identified as 48-year-old Andrew Coleman, of Highland, Indiana, inside an office, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The officer with the York City Police Department was placed on administrative leave after the shooting on Tuesday, the department said in a news release on Wednesday.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Dissolving the department entirely requires an act of Congress.—
Alia Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
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Under California law, police agencies are generally required to release to the public audio and video recordings of police shootings and other critical incidents involving great bodily injury within 45 days of the incident.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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The Cubs were in first place After consecutive 83-win seasons, the Cubs pushed their chips into the middle of the table, swinging a trade for Kyle Tucker, signing Matthew Boyd and Carson Kelly in free agency and opening up a lane for then-top prospect Matt Shaw to break camp with the club.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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But the bureau has applied privacy protection methods involving noise to the detailed demographic data that's used for redrawing maps of individual voting districts.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
12 June 2026
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Shayndi Rice was named to that role following the exit of Claire Day, a 23-year veteran of CBS News, who had served as London bureau chief for nearly a year before her departure was announced in April.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
12 June 2026
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“Desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desk. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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