the task at hand
noun phrase
: the work someone is doing now
I need to concentrate on the task at hand.
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In addition, the study found that participants consistently overestimated AI's ability to assist at the task at hand, even after hours of using the tool.
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PC Magazine, 12 July 2025
These are tactics people use to try and get under your skin, to try and derail you from the task at hand, which is to go out there and win.
—Sam Joseph, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Potential Ironies Await The spirited effort to bring together top AI talent and forge them into a cohesive team that will work seamlessly toward attaining AGI and ASI is said to be just one model or approach to the task at hand.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Without question, the task at hand is a monumental one.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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PC Magazine, 12 July 2025
These are tactics people use to try and get under your skin, to try and derail you from the task at hand, which is to go out there and win.
—Sam Joseph, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Potential Ironies Await The spirited effort to bring together top AI talent and forge them into a cohesive team that will work seamlessly toward attaining AGI and ASI is said to be just one model or approach to the task at hand.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Without question, the task at hand is a monumental one.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 19 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the task at hand
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“The task at hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20task%20at%20hand. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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