as in job
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives
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Recent Examples of mission
Focused on education, its mission is to make quantum technology more widely understood among venture capitalists.
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Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Today, the two towers are still a prominent part of the downtown skyline, though since 2005, the building beneath them has taken on a completely different mission.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
That mission extends well beyond the page.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, SpaceX launched 132 Falcon 9 flights, two missions of the more powerful Falcon Heavy and four suborbital trials of its Starship megarocket.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Today, the two towers are still a prominent part of the downtown skyline, though since 2005, the building beneath them has taken on a completely different mission.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
That mission extends well beyond the page.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, SpaceX launched 132 Falcon 9 flights, two missions of the more powerful Falcon Heavy and four suborbital trials of its Starship megarocket.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission
Noun
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While on his jobs, Colter often has close calls with law enforcement, leading Reenie, a lawyer, to swoop in and save the day.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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And most of these jobs don’t require a computer science degree or even coding skills.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Unlike Madden, Higginbotham didn’t have the time, clout or money to charter a private bus around the country to his assignments.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Just a few months ago Kane and his family moved from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Tampa for his wife’s new Army assignment.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some of the 12 players who were away on international duty returned to training yesterday.—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Perozek already held that title, but after Lisa Thompson resigned as executive editor in July the job description of managing editor was rewritten to include duties that previously had been the executive editor's.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
16 Oct. 2025
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The protests come amid a federal government shutdown now in its 18th day, broader immigration enforcement operations, and the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and Los Angeles.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the Pentagon has deployed a massive amount of military force to the region, including eight Navy ships, F-35 fighter jets, a special operations ship, and 10,000 troops.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Milne joined the network in 2019 as managing editor of CBS This Morning, and took on additional responsibilities, like breaking news, the following year.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mission. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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