department
Example Sentences
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“Ice brought the lines too close to the trees. We’re keeping an eye on it, since the fire department is too busy to answer the phone.”
From Literature
Below me, the fire department stood staring in horror at their dry-rotted nets that had been torn to shreds.
From Literature
Palisades resident and architect Ardie Tavangarian is so confident in his design that he even asked the fire department if they could start a controlled fire on the property to test it all out.
From Los Angeles Times
The department’s antitrust chief, Gail Slater, quit under pressure last month.
Beyda executed January’s widespread grant cuts to state and local health departments that the CDC then quickly rescinded, people familiar with the matter said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
