Collocations withdepartment

These are words often used in combination withdepartment.

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academic department
No academic department can switch its course content fast enough and maintain a curriculum that passes on tested wisdom.
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accounting department
Those who were put into the accounting department appear to have been inexperienced.
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athletic department
The facility also includes the athletic department offices.
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audit department
Locally, our audit department have agreed to audit practice areas in advance of a nurse starting the course and then 6 months after completing to demonstrate outcomes for patients.
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chemistry department
The chemistry department at my little university has just shut.
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department of agriculture
The majority of the respondents felt the need to be supported by government and local institutions, particularly by the officials of the department of agriculture.
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department of transportation
Most centers are run by universities, and a few are hosted by their state's department of transportation.
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department official
They have been relocated to schools, government buildings and tents, said a regional civil affairs department official.
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drama department
I suggested that it was up to the drama department to find them.
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economics department
But the chance that there will be two people in an economics department who are experts on a particular applied subject is very small.
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editorial department
They have other tasks to perform than checking what come from the editorial department.
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emergency department
The impact of cost sharing on emergency department use.
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engineering department
The operational department is entirely separate from the engineering department.
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executive department
It also, among other measures, separated the powers of government by making the judicial department (and executive department, as well) an independent branch.
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finance department
I have regular meetings with the finance department or whatever but it's very disorganized.
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health department
Some people think public health is what the public health department do.
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highway department
It is not a matter of the police or the highway department dealing with it—they cannot get through the traffic in the first place.
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insurance department
I do not doubt that that company has a large insurance department to handle all the different insurance policies issued by its various branches.
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legal department
We had a fully staffed legal department.
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local department
A research team was eventually formed via contacts between the local department of public health and local university departments of primary care and health services research.
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marketing department
The answer is a resounding yes, for the images consulted here come largely from the studio's own marketing department.
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mathematics department
It houses both the administrative offices and the mathematics department.
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oncology department
The social worker in a medical oncology department was asked to see the wife of a patient with advanced cancer.
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outpatient department
Admission to the hospital is usually through the outpatient department and precludes followup by the primary care physician.
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physics department
To think that the physics department will buy the music department a new gigabit router, and pay to rewire the concert halls with fibre, seems like pipe dreaming.
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planning department
He joined an international bank in 1972 in its corporate financial planning department.
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probation department
Then, there was the probation department.
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provincial department
These consisted of municipal officers, (sub)regional civil servants, inter-municipal corporations, housing corporations, public transport authorities, the provincial department of tourism, urban design firms and others.
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publicity department
I think that the statement of the principles should come within the ambit of my publicity department.
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purchasing department
They have a central purchasing department.
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recreation department
These savings are likely to mean the closure of tennis courts and swimming baths—indeed almost the total abolition of the leisure and recreation department.
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senior department
Rural schools often have the case of a bright child who it would seem really ought to go into the senior department.
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separate department
These widows are in an entirely separate department.
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theatre department
The school has a strong theatre department.
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treasury department
The treasury department has taken on an extra 75 people to administer the collection of the poll tax.
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volunteer department
In 1945 the volunteer department bagan providing limited services to rual communities.
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welfare department
Enforcement is the responsibility of 98 district education inspectors assisted by social welfare department staff.
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