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

The task force began operations in late September with the Guard patrols starting Oct.

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Morero, the city’s ninth mayor in 10 years, in May launched a task force dubbed the “Bomb Squad” to address service-delivery issues in various neighborhoods.

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The LAPD’s organized retail task force and gang and narcotics unit worked with local police agencies, including in Newport Beach, Pasadena, Alhambra, Beverly Hills and San Diego.

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Air Force continues to fly bomber task forces to Japan and the western Pacific.

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We worked on it for a year in a task force working group with physicians and stakeholders and all the rest.

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