mission statement
noun
: something that states the purpose or goal of a business or organization
The company's mission statement emphasizes its ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of the community.
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Weihl is dealing with heady concepts here, and at this crucial point—the project’s de facto mission statement—they’re too unwieldy, pushing her down cryptic dead-end roads.
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Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
First Light's mission statement is as subtle as a bullet to the head.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Place your mission statement at the top of every planning cycle, then let goals and measurable results cascade down from it.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Yale, even, went back to making their mission statement about knowledge, not about making a better world.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
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Raphael Helfand, Pitchfork, 29 May 2026
First Light's mission statement is as subtle as a bullet to the head.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
Place your mission statement at the top of every planning cycle, then let goals and measurable results cascade down from it.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Yale, even, went back to making their mission statement about knowledge, not about making a better world.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for mission statement
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“Mission statement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mission%20statement. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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