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desk

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1. desk - Noun

2. desk - Verb

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A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.

A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."

To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

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A bill to allow mobile sports betting passed the New York state senate in 2019 but never made it to the floor of the assembly or Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk. Source: Internet

A charming wood-panelled wall and old leather chairs greeted me at the entrance, but no one stood behind the reception desk. Source: Internet

A desk in the captain’s cabin most likely holds documents containing crucial information about the expedition, possibly including details about what went wrong. Source: Internet

Admittedly, an intranet might not be as useful in these roles, but that doesn’t mean it can’t have profound effects on companies needing to connect their remote desk workers. Source: Internet

A dismayed prime minister shortly received the application back on his desk at around 1630 in the afternoon, with “application is rejected” undersigned on it. Source: Internet

After queuing for about a half hour, you get to the door where a fellow wearing plastic blinkers checks your temperature and directs you to proceed six feet further on to the desk where you get a sticker that reads “screened.” Source: Internet

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