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

No information on a task force or its progress has been provided since then.

From Los Angeles Times

State officials are responding by doubling staffing and investing millions towards a special task force to remove fentanyl pills, and other illicit opioids, from street sales.

From Los Angeles Times

A governance reform task force will be appointed in the coming weeks to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on how to implement the governance and ethics reforms.

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Two separate faculty task forces trying to address the issues have come to different conclusions.

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Last summer, De León credited the task force with making 82 arrests and recovering 2,000 pounds of copper.

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Related Words

• crew