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
Here's everything to know about why the trend has resurfaced with a new mission.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
This kind of mission would lure European armies into rotating units through these positions in a way that doesn’t leave their soldiers far from home for long periods.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
Saturday's launch was SpaceX's 42nd Falcon 9 mission of 2025.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
But part of it, too, was another vote of confidence in the do-it-all player who has become central to everything about the Tigers’ mission.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
This kind of mission would lure European armies into rotating units through these positions in a way that doesn’t leave their soldiers far from home for long periods.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
Saturday's launch was SpaceX's 42nd Falcon 9 mission of 2025.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
But part of it, too, was another vote of confidence in the do-it-all player who has become central to everything about the Tigers’ mission.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission
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Sure enough, in early 2024, PJ took a job as an avionics technician at Tinker.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The premise alone is perfectly thrilling: Four men take a job driving explosive nitroglycerin over a mountain pass.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram Lillie Davidson is a general assignment reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a TCU student studying journalism (Go Frogs!).—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 Apr. 2025
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Among the ruins, the most important school assignment left is to live despite it all.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump’s trade war has troubled markets and retail stocks in particular in recent weeks, especially his 145% duty on China .—
Brian Evans,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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There’s a lot of reason to like these odds as Raphinha is averaging 3.68 shots per 90 minutes on the year, 0.15 xG per shot (well above average), and will likely assume penalty duties in the absence of Lewandowski.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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Congressional staffers were recently briefed that the airstrike campaign had experienced only limited success in destroying Houthi military weapons supplies, such as drones, missiles and command and control operations, much of which is stored in underground bunkers.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Under Fidan's direction, Turkey facilitated ISIS' financing operations—including black-market oil and illicit antiquities sales.—
Sinan Ciddi and Jonathan Schanzer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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When freed from this responsibility, women can pursue education that increases their earning potential by as much as twenty-five percent for each additional year in school.—
Megan Bruneau,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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India linked the attack to Pakistan after a group called Kashmir Resistance claimed responsibility on Telegram.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mission. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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