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
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Etymology
Origin of task force
First recorded in 1940–45
Example Sentences
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A British military task force ejected Argentine forces, who had landed on the Falklands to stake a territorial claim.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Tournament organizers are "monitoring closely," White House World Cup task force executive director Andrew Giuliani told a briefing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon and the DOJ are standing up a joint task force to hunt down and prosecute government leakers.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Regents overruled a faculty task force, which had found the tests to be predictive of college success across demographics and recommended keeping them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Strauss made the most of his influence over Lawrence by urging him to appoint Teller to the task force and keep thinkers of the Oppenheimer stripe off it.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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