on a mission

phrase

: undertaking a task that one considers to be a very important duty

She's on a mission to locate her lost sister.

Examples of on a mission in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

SpaceX SpaceX on Monday launched the world's largest and most powerful rocket and spacecraft on a mission that marks the first time the spacecraft achieved orbit. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

The latest effort is focused specifically on maturing HEPS rather than immediately deploying it on a mission. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

More than 50,000 pictures of dogs and millions of social media followers later, The Dogist is on a mission to bring smiles to human faces through pup pics, their owners' observations and books, YouTube videos and more. — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Scott Reed, head of the Collins super PAC, was on a mission to close that gap. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on a mission

• abolition
• acquisition
• admonition
• ammunition
• apparition
• apposition
• coalition
• competition
• composition
• definition
• deglutition
• demolition