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liaison

[lee-ey-zawn, lee-uh-zon, -zuhn, ley-, lee-ey-zuhn, -zon, lye-zawn] / ˌli eɪˈzɔ̃, ˈli əˌzɒn, -zən, ˈleɪ-, liˈeɪ zən, -zɒn, ljɛˈzɔ̃ /




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A liaison officer was tasked with coordinating the aerial resources "to prevent accidents," she said.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Instead, Savannah took a leave of absence to be in Tucson with her siblings, serving as the family’s liaison with authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

In March 2024, he was visited at his Surrey home by police family liaison officers who told him his mother's body had been found during a raid at Legacy's premises in Hull.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

In his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” published this year, Newsom acknowledges the liaison with Rippey, describing it as “the briefest of affairs.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Nurse Cramer had stopped speaking to Nurse Duckett, her best friend, because of her liaison with Yossarian, but still went everywhere with Nurse Duckett since Nurse Duckett was her best friend.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Not that the children who passed through the Innocenti’s chambers were necessarily parentless: The vast majority were illegitimate, the result of reckless or criminal liaisons their natural parents found it necessary to cover up.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

Joe Mungo Reed’s second novel, ‘Hammer,’ is a slow burn of dangerous liaisons revolving around a Russian oligarch who comes to oppose Vladimir Putin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

"On every set, there are fights, liaisons… there are all sorts of things that go on," explains Richard Rushfield, founder and columnist at Hollywood newsletter The Ankler.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2025

The military is particularly strict about romantic relationships, with rules against adultery, liaisons between employees of different rank, and various other types of relationships that could create ethical pitfalls.

From Salon Mar. 4, 2025

“Certainly, my best. And I was quite right: depend on that: there are a thousand reasons why liaisons between governesses and tutors should never be tolerated a moment in any well-regulated house; firstly—”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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