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liaison

[lee-ay-zawn, lee-uh-zon, -zuhn, lay-, lee-ay-zuhn, -zon, lye-zawn] / ˌli eɪˈzɔ̃, ˈli əˌzɒn, -zən, ˈleɪ-, liˈeɪ zən, -zɒn, ljɛˈzɔ̃ /




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Lawrence, a British officer, acting as a liaison and adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

That's according to a letter from the Department of Justice's assembly liaison officer.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Documents show that, in spring 2002, the San Diego office was ultimately able to get copies of a handful of videos by obtaining them not from New York, but from the FBI liaison in London.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

A liaison officer was tasked with coordinating the aerial resources "to prevent accidents," she said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Uncle was charged not only with being the Gran’s right hand in everything she did, but also in being the liaison for and caretaker of all the animals of Ravenskill—an immensely important job indeed.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Not that the children who passed through the Innocenti’s chambers were necessarily parentless: The vast majority were illegitimate, the result of reckless or criminal liaisons their natural parents found it necessary to cover up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

We stepped in to be the media liaisons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

They also serve as liaisons to the White House and the National Security Council.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025

According to Avery, EITs act as liaisons between firefighters and battalion chiefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025

He was twenty-nine years old, and though there’d been a few brief liaisons, at no time had he experienced a meaningful romantic relationship.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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