department
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The effort included creating a new department to help students who are still learning English.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
I met Simon Hartill, scientific officer for Southampton City Council's environmental health department, at one of its four ground-based air monitoring stations.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The department says the regulation “doubles the requirement of available foods” and “eliminates loopholes that for too long have allowed retailers to count certain snack foods toward their staple food requirements.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
High concentrations of methane can cause "episodes of suffocation or headaches," Yuri Carvajal, president of the environmental department at the Medical College of Chile, told AFP.
From Barron's • May 13, 2026
It finally clawed its way up a tree in front of the library, and the librarian, Miss Graebner, called the fire department to come and get it down.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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The Vocabulary of College
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Western Europe - Introductory
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