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 UN secretary general created the task force in March to spearhead a mechanism to allow fertilisers and related raw materials such as ammonia, sulphur and urea through the strait.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Cohen also pointed to her work leading a task force that was convened by court order following a massive fraud scheme involving charter schools in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government sent a naval task force to recapture them.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
In the aftermath, state regulators took crisis-proofing measures, establishing a financial-stability task force and subjecting life insurers to new stress-testing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
A task force of over two dozen Philadelphia police officers, Baltimore City and County police officers, and ATF and FBI officials flooded their uncle’s narrow three-story row house.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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