task force

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Recent Examples of task force Dennis Lemma, the chair of the state task force on opioid abuse, said some people tell him overdose deaths are nothing more than natural selection at work. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025 The order creates a joint task force called Operation Desert Guardian to expand border security operations in the state's four border counties, Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties. Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025 But after complaints from people close to Mr. Trump and tension with Mr. Musk, his exit from the task force was announced the day Mr. Trump took office. Charles Homans, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025 Caine, then the deputy commander of a special operations task force fighting Islamic State, told the president that the militant group could be destroyed in just a week, Trump recalled during a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2019. Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for task force
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Noun
  • Things won't get any easier for Texas A&M on the road on Saturday night in front of what will be an excited crowd and against a very motivated Florida team.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Prosecutors usually don’t introduce IGG evidence at trial, said Steve Kramer, a former attorney for the FBI who was among a team of investigators who used genetic genealogy to solve the Golden State Killer case.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) deployed a tank platoon to Jenin – the first time tanks have been sent into the West Bank since 2002, during the Second Intifada, or uprising.
    Mick Krever, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Julien could also enter the first base/DH mix as a left-handed alternative and/or platoon partner for the two righties.
    Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The groups challenging the firings in court say that was a lie, and Judge Alsup appeared inclined to agree during a court hearing last month.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Before launching an influential solo career, Wheesung made his industry debut in 1999 as a member of the four-piece group A4.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Congressional Republicans have raised no objections to the massive, indiscriminate firings of employees in many government offices and federal organizations initiated by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
    Mordechai Gordon, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2025
  • While these recent deaths prompted calls for the race to end, organizations have been protesting the Iditarod for decades, according to Melanie Johnson, a senior manager at PETA.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Another wavelength grouping is thought to come from higher in the atmosphere and patchy clouds of silicates.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2025
  • When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The metallic clapping of drums announced the arriving brigade of a few hundred people — some 2,500 had turned out across the city in three demonstrations.
    Caitlin L. Chandler, The Dial, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Russia said servicemen from the 157th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were undergoing training at the grounds.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Bald Eagle Livestream Is the Best Reality Show A young, growing family opening up their home to a camera crew is nothing new.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Lots of love going on in the Oscar crowd, especially with the 'Wicked' crew Everybody's in their feelings in the Oscars early going.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But a cluster of countries — a cluster of liberal democracies, confident in their values and armed to the teeth — could make a significant contribution.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Mar. 2025
  • By calculating the positions of nearby stellar clusters through time, the researchers identified two main suspects that could have housed the supernova progenitor.
    Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Task force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20force. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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