as in job
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives
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Recent Examples of mission
While their mission was to the moon, a great deal of the astronauts' focus was on our home planet.
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 11 May 2026
The tight timeline puts a lot of pressure on the Artemis III lander testing mission, as well as the uncrewed tests proposed for SpaceX and Blue Origin, with funding for the latter coming out of the companies’ own pockets.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
That loyalty without geography gave Bennett his mission.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 May 2026
An astronaut is forced to make an impossible decision after an incident with her co-pilot leaves an indelible stain on the mission in the days leading up to lift off, setting off a tense race against the clock.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
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Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 11 May 2026
The tight timeline puts a lot of pressure on the Artemis III lander testing mission, as well as the uncrewed tests proposed for SpaceX and Blue Origin, with funding for the latter coming out of the companies’ own pockets.
—Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
That loyalty without geography gave Bennett his mission.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 May 2026
An astronaut is forced to make an impossible decision after an incident with her co-pilot leaves an indelible stain on the mission in the days leading up to lift off, setting off a tense race against the clock.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission
Noun
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His dad, inspired by Barker, recently quit his job as a psychiatric nurse practitioner to become a full-time screenwriter.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The anchor was there to do a job and was being as professional as can be, and that wasn't necessarily reciprocated.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
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Her assignment was to help the Gaza Health Ministry restore access to health care in the north, where Israeli attacks had flattened nearly every building in sight.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The three-year varsity starter understood the assignment.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Uthmeier has also argued that the government has a duty to protect children who didn’t have a say in not being raised by both biological parents.—
Ann Marie Luft,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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The bipartisan support for the measure comes at a time when federal closures have become longer and more frequent, frustrating lawmakers who say there should be punishment when Congress fails at its most basic legislative duty.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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They were given sixty days to cease operations and withdraw all international staff.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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The largest portions of school budgets go to instructional costs such as teacher salaries, student services, and school operations, not to central administration.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Burns asked if Becerra bore responsibility for losing contact with tens of thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children who came over the southern border and were placed with often unrelated adult sponsors across the United States by HHS during the Biden administration.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
12 May 2026
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Why the Sedins would be eager to take on this challenge, this greater level of responsibility and legacy-threatening scrutiny that will come attached to it, at this low point in franchise history, is beyond me.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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“Mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mission. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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