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This is mission creep in action—by breaking the police state’s hostile takeover of the country and our Constitution into a series off incremental moves, the administration sidesteps the broad public backlash that a single, sweeping declaration of martial law would provoke.
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John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Somewhere along the way, that mission was diluted by mission creep and bloated budgets.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
In its first phase, Israel’s campaign in Gaza reinforced a gradual mission creep from the war’s original aims.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025
But ironically, to prevent a full unraveling of one of the world’s most powerful protections for wildlife and wild places, conservationists need to grapple with the mission creep of the ESA.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
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John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
Somewhere along the way, that mission was diluted by mission creep and bloated budgets.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025
In its first phase, Israel’s campaign in Gaza reinforced a gradual mission creep from the war’s original aims.
—Assaf Orion, Foreign Affairs, 3 June 2025
But ironically, to prevent a full unraveling of one of the world’s most powerful protections for wildlife and wild places, conservationists need to grapple with the mission creep of the ESA.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for mission creep
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“Mission creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20creep. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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