How to Use department in a Sentence

department

noun

• She joined the town's police department.
• Your letter has been forwarded to our sales department.
• When you get to the hospital, go directly to the X-ray department.
• Last year, the department distributed more than 1,350 coats.
  — Brian Gioiele, Connecticut Post, 1 Nov. 2024
• The department announced road closures for the Taylor Swift Eras Tour with a map for people to plan ahead.
  — Jade Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2024
• An email was sent to the company’s corporate media department, which requested a copy of the documents.
  — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
• Officials in the Gironde department, which is responsible for the land, are still hoping spring will bring rain and extinguish the fire.
  — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
• Its lavish cheese department runs to fine European and American varieties, blues and cheddars, goat and cow, creamy and hard, sweet and stinky.
  — Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• The city police department recently conducted a saturation patrol around the apartment complex to suppress crime in the area.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
• Witnesses often fear retribution and don’t trust the police department, which has a long record of mistreating Black residents.
  — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
• City departments have gone at least $215 million over budget for the fiscal year that began July 1, according to a new analysis.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• Both tallies are outpacing last year’s five fatalities and 118 arrests, which can yield a charge of reckless endangerment, the department said.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
• Haney has worked for the department for two years and is part of the same squad and precinct as Coolidge.
  — Kerria Weaver, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
• The department said the state does not track whether any of the abortions were in cases of rape.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
• But this newest of Volvos is no Ford in the ride department.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2023
• Chris Gray, a spokesperson for the department, said in an email.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
• In the cases of Massey and Young, the police departments' response was day and night.
  — Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
• But this is hopefully just a taste of what’s yet to come from Nikka in the grain whisky department.
  — Tony Sachs, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Martinez says the department has taken steps to reduce the amount of drugs in jails.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024
• The department did not explain why or when these funds stopped.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• The department’s goal is to lower the hold time to 90 seconds for every call.
  — María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
• Of course, those who’ve shopped the sale before know that many of the best Amazon Prime Day deals aren’t in the clothing department at all.
  — Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
• There’s some promise that tart cherry juice can help you in the snooze department.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
• Jordan Brown, a spokesperson for SPD, said the department did not have a comment at this time.
  — Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 27 Sep. 2024
• This mountain range is in the Amazonas department and about 460 miles north of Lima.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• The Food Network alum's daughter is gifted in the arts department.
  — Erin Clements, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
• Now 79% of the country's local police work in departments that use them.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2023
• The men’s area is a contrast to the lighter women’s department with its dark Piasentina stone with white veins.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 9 Oct. 2024
• Some banks and insurance companies did cut ties with the NRA, which in turn sued the department.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 May 2024
• Checking up on the dams is Corey Clark’s job, as chief engineer for the department’s dam bureau.
  — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024