as in offices
a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization
the city desk of a prominent newspaper
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Recent Examples of desks
The branches are blessed, taken home after the service and placed on desks or shelves to remember the event.
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Saleen Martin, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Inside a main room, three people sit hunched over desks.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
An estimated 90,000 claims landed on insurers’ desks from hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton last year, costing companies as much as $5 billion, Brannon said.
—Shauna Muckle, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
The third goal, which never was, would have had heels on the desks and cigars all around.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Nonunionized institute workers -- mainly supervisors -- were told to clean out their desks immediately.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
From electric-powered to lift-top options, the style of height-adjustable desks can be pretty blah.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Its minimal construction appeals to a wide range of design sensibilities but has all the ergonomic features of the best standing desks to make your workday more comfortable.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
But while most books were written by monks hunched over desks in monastery scriptoriums for hours at a time, that wasn’t always the case.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Inside a main room, three people sit hunched over desks.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 12 Apr. 2025
An estimated 90,000 claims landed on insurers’ desks from hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton last year, costing companies as much as $5 billion, Brannon said.
—Shauna Muckle, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2025
The third goal, which never was, would have had heels on the desks and cigars all around.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Nonunionized institute workers -- mainly supervisors -- were told to clean out their desks immediately.
—Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
From electric-powered to lift-top options, the style of height-adjustable desks can be pretty blah.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
Its minimal construction appeals to a wide range of design sensibilities but has all the ergonomic features of the best standing desks to make your workday more comfortable.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
But while most books were written by monks hunched over desks in monastery scriptoriums for hours at a time, that wasn’t always the case.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desks
Noun
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Tourism officials in both destinations cited social media and widespread access to smartphones as a reason for shutting down physical offices.—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Many Social Security field offices are no longer accepting walk-in appointments.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
13 Apr. 2025
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Last July, the Unified Government voted to adopt a revenue-neutral budget, forgoing more than $14 million in potential property tax revenue and resulting in budget cuts across government departments and programs.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, hospital labs often had to confirm results with state departments of health.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2025
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From there, agencies are supposed to consider other strategies, like voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) and voluntary separation incentive payment (VSIP), to find employees who choose to leave, before a RIF takes place.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025
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The agencies also instruct organizations to store copies of sensitive or crucial information on physically separate and secure locations, such as hard drives or other storage devices, should recovery become necessary in the wake of an attack.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The transfers came just two days after Tisch made a number of administrative appointments, including new heads of the department’s public information and technology bureaus.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
22 Dec. 2024
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However, since March 2020, late and missing payments have not been reported to the credit reporting bureaus.—
Robert Farrington,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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“Desks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desks. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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