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task force

noun

Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
a group or committee, usually of experts or specialists, formed for analyzing, investigating, or solving a specific problem.

task force

noun

a temporary grouping of military units formed to undertake a specific mission
any semipermanent organization set up to carry out a continuing task

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Word History and Origins

Origin of task force¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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Mr Garber, who is Jewish, acknowledged Harvard's campus has had issues with anti-semitism but said he had established task forces to work with the problem.

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The party is calling for a task force to be set up and for money from fines for breaching the Online Safety Act to be reinvested into a safer screens programme in schools.

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The stated aim of the task force, created in March, is to aid the U.S.

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In the meantime, the FBI’s major theft task force has stepped in to assist with the investigation.

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The government's antisemitism task force, formed in February, has identified at least 60 universities for review.

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