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department

[dih-pahrt-muhnt] / dɪˈpɑrt mənt /




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Tione Jayden Merritt, known professionally as Lil Tjay, was one of the people arrested in connection with the incident on Monday, the police department told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

A 20-year-old male, who wasn’t identified, was arrested, and charges are pending, the department said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Since the middle of February, visits to grocery stores, big-box superstores and discount stores have been outpacing consumer visits to places like apparel, electronics, department stores and home-improvement stores, Hottovy said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

President Donald Trump ordered the department to find funds to compensate essential workers required to stay on the job, allowing some back pay to be issued in recent weeks.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

If Lippmann would buy credit default swaps from Deutsche Bank’s CDO department, they, too, might do these trades with AIG, before AIG woke up and stopped doing them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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