Department of the Interior

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government charged with the conservation and development of the natural resources of the U.S. and its possessions. DOI

Department of the Interior

1. A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and a variety of programs designed to preserve natural resources in the United States and its territories and possessions in the Pacific Ocean.

Example Sentences

Elizabeth Peace, a spokesperson for the Department of the Interior, said the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Department of the Interior confirms rumors that have been swirling for weeks.

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A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior rejected the notion that it’s simply keeping up appearances or operating unlawfully.

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“I think he and the other members of the administrative state at the Department of the Interior decided to play God.”

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A spokesperson for the Department of the Interior said they could not respond to the inquiry because of the government shutdown.

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