departmentwide

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adjective

Throughout a department.

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Meanings

adjectivedepartmentwide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a department.
adverbdepartmentwide (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThroughout a department.

    A plan to take back all so-called precinct parking permits from auxiliary officers first came to light in a Feb. 1 Police Department memo to all precincts. Mr. Browne said the action was in addition to a mandatory 20 percent reduction of placards departmentwide.

    2008 March 6, Al Baker, “Auxiliary Police See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult”, in New York Times

Origin

From department + -wide.

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Cite this entry
APA

departmentwide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentwide

MLA

“departmentwide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentwide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “departmentwide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/departmentwide.

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