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[desk] / dɛsk /


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They banned him from flying, sent him to a deradicalization program and put him in a desk job but didn’t flag their concerns more broadly, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Her family spoke to the assistance desk and was taken to the only designated wheelchair space on the train.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Hunched over a desk in the Mountain State Spotlight newsroom in Charleston, West Virginia, pen in hand, we scrawled out official notice of our new school in a spiral-bound notebook.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

During the same visit, each person completed a fourth set of three measurements while their arm was supported on a desk.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

The fake smile melted off my face as Mr. Haber stood up and moved around the desk with the cash.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Executives are now guiding for a cooler third quarter for their trading desks, weighed down in part by their fixed-income trading businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

With many employees back at their desks, it’s now investors’ turn to start planning their return to beaten-down real estate investment trusts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

It was there I encountered the stories about government workers being ordered back to their desks by the Giuliani administration in the hot zone.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Dozens of “staff members” fill rows of desks in the bullpen — some clack away on keyboards, others have phone receivers sandwiched between their head and shoulders while taking notes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Three rows with seven desks each is twenty-one.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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