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
For Todd Whatley, this event reflects his larger mission to help attorneys rediscover joy in their work.
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Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The department also has what's known as a directed patrol mission, or a temporary dedicated unit, to deal with takeovers, that is made up of task forces on the city's north and south sides where takeovers have occurred.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Since founding SpaceX in 2002, Musk has said the company’s guiding mission is to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Logging later resumed under an archaic mandate and approval processes that a past Cal Fire director and others say still violates key laws such as CEQA and works at cross purposes to the missions of other agencies.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
The department also has what's known as a directed patrol mission, or a temporary dedicated unit, to deal with takeovers, that is made up of task forces on the city's north and south sides where takeovers have occurred.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Since founding SpaceX in 2002, Musk has said the company’s guiding mission is to establish a self-sustaining city on Mars.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission
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Many have been fired from their jobs, disciplined, or publicly shamed for criticizing the conservative commentator.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Google began dropping degree requirements for a wide range of jobs in 2024, shifting focus to proof of skills and real-world projects.—
Sarah Hernholm,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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First baseman Nolan Schanuel is expected to start a minor-league rehab assignment with Salt Lake on Wednesday, and catcher Logan O’Hoppe was reinstated from the seven-day concussion list and in the starting lineup against Milwaukee.—
Andrew Wagner,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The most successful companies will be those whose platforms are not just available for assignments but are essential to completing them — and could eventually land students a job.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Washington and Beijing then reached a deal to reduce levies, which expires in November, with the United States imposing 30 percent duties on imports of Chinese goods and China hitting US products with a 10 percent tariff.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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Despite the increase in customs activity related to duties collection at the port, operations have gone smoothly, according to the director.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
18 Sep. 2025
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Smith has been a valuable contributor since joining the Giants during president of basball operations Buster Posey’s roster shakeup in early June.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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Months of theory and simulations eventually revealed a new regime of operation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Police Department is not charged with the same responsibilities as federal law enforcement, Williams said.—
NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
19 Sep. 2025
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On a Cover 3 call, Malik Hooker comes underneath rather than taking Robinson down the field like his responsibility calls for.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mission. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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