departments

Example Sentences

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None of the individuals were showing symptoms, the health departments said.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“The city attorney should not simply react to lawsuits after they’ve been filed. He must work proactively with city departments to identify legal risks before they turn into costly litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Nearly all of that dominance is thanks to Chinese giant DJI Technology, a maker of cheap but high-performance drones beloved by content producers, real-estate agents, factory inspectors and cash-strapped American police and fire departments.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In many departments, a steady stream of “countable” papers is valued more than the slower path to a smaller number of genuinely important studies.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

They surge into the museum, scatter into the departments.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr