department
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For years, USC relied on brand equity and tradition while its athletic department was sacked by controversy and a succession of questionable hires that included former Trojan football All-Americans.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The department says it is actively searching for the "suspect or suspects involved".
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Under the city’s guiding document, the chief of police — and by extension the department — answers to the Police Commission.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
"I doubt any police department anywhere is gonna put any more energy into him after what he did to his previous department, which is let them hang low."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
I thought about the ladies featured in magazines wearing sequined dresses and feather boas, the yellow Packard on the movie set earlier today, the patterned velvet and scrolled-arm furniture in the department store windows.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing department
The Vocabulary of College
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Western Europe - Introductory
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Western Europe - Middle School and High School
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