Department and School

Department

Department noun - A large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization.

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School and department are semantically related In some cases you can use "School" instead a noun "Department".

School noun - A place or establishment for teaching and learning.

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Department and school are semantically related in place topic. Sometimes you can use "Department" instead a noun "School".

human	human department	human school
old	old department	old school
good	good department	good school
full	full department	full school
Other adjectives: special, normal, regular, small, actual, entire, real, secret, white, former, military, fictional, titular, last, different, local, magical, medical.

Telepathic Sprinklers: Apparently pulling a fire alarm in the school turns on the sprinklers instead of sounding off a loud alarm and automatically alerting the fire department.

Source: Film / Accepted
Department of Child Disservices: They show up and are skeptical of an inn/saloon as a place to raise a teenaged girl, especially since Nancy isn't even going to school.

Source: Film / Min and Bill
The YA novel Flipside begins with the members of a high school drama department discussing As You Like It, a play listed below.

Source: Recursive Crossdressing

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