How to Use mission creep in a Sentence

mission creep

noun

• But there were already signs of mission creep.
  — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
• Among his critiques was that the Fed had grown too big and experienced mission creep.
  — Steve Liesman, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
• This results in mission creep if managers or leaders focus heavily on one particular pet project.
  — Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• That kind of mission creep — the gradual expansion of government beyond its original role — weakens local control and accountability.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026
• Meanwhile, associations with decades of standard-setting experience debate whether expansion into adjacent domains constitutes mission creep.
  — Gary Lamach, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• Defense Priorities scholars argue that the cartels are being falsely equated with terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, and warn of mission creep without clear objectives or legal justification.
  — Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
• 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.
  — John Whitehead, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
• While Congress is permitted to enact laws to protect the right to vote, the executive branch should not be permitted to engage in mission creep by developing a comprehensive federal voter database without clear and specific legislative authorization.
  — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
• While Congress is permitted to enact laws to protect the right to vote, the executive branch should not be permitted to engage in mission creep by developing a comprehensive federal voter database without clear and specific legislative authorization.
  — Barbara McQuade, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026