task force

noun

1. Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
2. a group or committee, usually of experts or specialists, formed for analyzing, investigating, or solving a specific problem.

task force

noun

1. a temporary grouping of military units formed to undertake a specific mission
2. any semipermanent organization set up to carry out a continuing task

Word History and Origins

Origin of task force¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

Hogan announced that each county needed to designate a liaison to work with the state’s task force on vaccine equity, led by Brig.

From Washington Post

A board-appointed task force has called for giving students four additional days off to observe Jewish holidays Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Hindu festival Diwali and the Muslim celebration Eid al-Fitr.

From Washington Post

The task force was created by a law passed last year by then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, who’s since become secretary of state.

From Voice of San Diego

What is needed is better technology to search, identify, and charge violators, and individual bases and units should set up task forces to address this with local law enforcement.

From Time

The task force, which Elrich convened in August, recommends getting rid of the program, though co-chair Bernice Mireku-North said the issue generated significant tension during discussions with the police department and the union.

From Washington Post

Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

From The Daily Beast

It had been a headline case, and a task force of over a hundred detectives had been assigned to investigate.

From The Daily Beast

Hopes that the travel restrictions would contain the disease failed, as the task force reported its continued spread.

From The Daily Beast

Just three years earlier, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS launched a task force to study the impact of the move.

From The Daily Beast

It languishes on what is known as the gray list overseen by the Financial Action Task Force, an inter-governmental body.

From The Daily Beast

I was counting the jewels in the Pearly Gates when your task force came along.

From Project Gutenberg

The Idaho was part of a task force that included a carrier, cruisers, and several destroyers.

From Project Gutenberg

The task force to which the ship belonged and the attacking Jap planes had both vanished.

From Project Gutenberg

"I gather the Colonel's task-force was becoming insistent," I prompted him.

From Project Gutenberg

Yes, I am sure that your task force will steam to within easy flying distance of Truk.

From Project Gutenberg

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