chares

noun

variants or chars
plural of chare
as in duties

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  1. duties
  2. tasks
  3. jobs
  4. assignments
  5. projects
  6. responsibilities
  7. commissions
  8. charges
Noun
  • As these tasks fell outside the scope of the employees' official duties, the directive amounted to a violation of ethical standards, the report concluded.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • One of this season’s major storylines is Gallagher juggling his bosun duties on the yacht while trying to be present for Cameron and their newborn son, who were living nearby in Croatia.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • The Moon opposes probing Pluto, bringing attention to unfinished tasks, mental clutter, or a habit that no longer helps.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
  • For now, the company is scaling excavator deployments and expanding the types of tasks its system can perform.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of tasks
Noun
  • In April, Flock Safety opened a 97,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Smyrna that is intended to create more than 200 jobs over the next three years as part of a $10 million investment.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The merger and streaming boom created more jobs than any period in the history of the business — many of them platform-filler corporate crimes.
    — Joseph Kahn, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • In Georgia, the lieutenant governor wields immense power in the state Senate by presiding over floor debates and making committee assignments that give him control over what bills reach the floor for a vote.
    — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • What-if scenarios let managers test different task assignments before changing the active plan.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of assignments
Noun
  • The arch is one of multiple projects Trump has proposed that will change Washington's landscape.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Republican candidates are souring on data centers across the country as Democrats try to harness grassroots opposition to the projects against the GOP in the midterms.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of projects
Noun
  • Though essentially transportation hubs, airports have more responsibilities than simply flying passengers in and out like cargo.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Eventually, the involved parties framed it as a mutual decision to allow Kiffin to focus on his new FAU head coach responsibilities.
    — John Talty, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of responsibilities
Noun
  • Staff intend to solicit feedback from city commissions and the public throughout the year so the council can make a decision by fall 2027.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Frequently subjected to repression and censorship, some of them were excluded from the Association of Visual Artists and thus denied access to state funding, exhibition opportunities, commissions, and official recognition as professional artists.
    — Elisa R. Linn, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of commissions
Noun
  • Nearly all his conduct charges were dismissed, the suit says, even as the student faced a lengthy campus ban.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Selective repression had already been introduced before 2022 with the imprisonment of a number of governors, ministers, and high-ranking civil servants on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of charges
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“Chares.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chares. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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