department
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One person died, nine employees remained unaccounted for and nine others were injured following the incident at its unit Nippon Dynawave Packaging, according to the local fire department.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Bondi's inclusion on the president's council, known as PCAST, is the first news of her work beyond the department.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Zvezda Stankova, a teaching professor in the Berkeley mathematics department who is one of the letter’s lead organizers, said the impetus to publicly speak out came in part from her own classrooms.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
When Beijinger Jacqueline Li first heard one of her favourite luxury department stores in the city was closing, she was shocked -- until she considered how Chinese spending habits have changed in recent years.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The surveillance department was meant to monitor subprime bonds and downgrade them if the loans that underpinned them went bad.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The Vocabulary of College
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