task force
Americannoun
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Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
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a group or committee, usually of experts or specialists, formed for analyzing, investigating, or solving a specific problem.
noun
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a temporary grouping of military units formed to undertake a specific mission
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any semipermanent organization set up to carry out a continuing task
Etymology
Origin of task force
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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The task force will “determine whether educational services rendered by VMI are duplicated at other institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth” and “evaluate the relative cost to the Commonwealth and taxpayers.”
Home Minister Tito Karnavian, who leads a reconstruction task force in Sumatra, told lawmakers on February 18 that only 8,300 temporary structures -- roughly half of the 16,688 planned -- have been built.
From Barron's
Singleton said his team is already working with teams in cities involved in hosting Cup matches, including the Los Angeles human trafficking task force.
From Los Angeles Times
Many joint task forces and cooperative law enforcement operations continue.
A joint military-police task force said Tuesday it was investigating three active-duty soldiers and one spy agency staffer in an effort to "thoroughly establish the truth".
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