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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Suozzi posed with Espina the following year, as Fellowship efforts to gut the UN task force was under way.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
But Aneel Bhusri has established an AI task force and is launching new agents for IT and corporate travel.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"In order for Islamic boarding schools to have clear regulations and a task force, I think the Ministry of Religion really needs to push for this," he says.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
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
Long ago she had established a sort of Eisman social emergency task force with her husband’s therapist.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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