departments

Example Sentences

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Last week, Canada’s Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne ordered government departments to remove policies that impede competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

“The city attorney should not simply react to lawsuits after they’ve been filed. He must work proactively with city departments to identify legal risks before they turn into costly litigation.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In many departments, a steady stream of “countable” papers is valued more than the slower path to a smaller number of genuinely important studies.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The NHS is expanding the initiative to adult and child wards, with others settings including maternity, neonatal and emergency departments to follow.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“There are sections that manage how we talk, how we decide, how we remember, all like little departments that make us who we are.”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina