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
Under Thelma Golden’s brilliant guidance, the new building promises to deepen the museum’s mission.
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Every business that joins Nuestra Cartagena must have sustainability and ethical tourism built into its mission.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Her mission was twofold: encourage Americans to think a little more about their diets while pushing the food industry to make the task somewhat less onerous.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
This card is also a nudge to integrate your many interests into one central goal or mission.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Every business that joins Nuestra Cartagena must have sustainability and ethical tourism built into its mission.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Her mission was twofold: encourage Americans to think a little more about their diets while pushing the food industry to make the task somewhat less onerous.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
This card is also a nudge to integrate your many interests into one central goal or mission.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mission
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mission
Noun
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Duncan Wanblad, chief executive of Anglo, will take the top job and Anglo Teck while Teck’s chief executive Jonathan Price, will be his deputy.—
Tim Treadgold,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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That’s when Billy Napier accepted the Florida job.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On Tuesday, Charles hit 3-of-7 of her field goal attempts and hit all five of her free throws while taking on the assignment of guarding Storm sharpshooter Gabby Williams.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Offer Meaningful Stretch Assignments And Support Give people stretch assignments that align with their behavioral strengths while pushing them outside their comfort zone.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By the end of the trial in September 2023, Paxton was acquitted and resumed his duties as attorney general.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The foundation's mission is deeply personal for Siller, stemming from the sacrifice of his brother, FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who ran through the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel on 9/11 to answer the call of duty.—
Paid Content by Tunnel to Towers,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Along the top of the fire, the crews continue working slowly parallel with, and sometimes on, the McKinley Grove Road, doing clearing vegetation by hand, applying pre-treatment, and conducting critical strategic firing operations to remove heavy vegetation in front of the active fire front.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Today, Interpol unites 196 member countries under the leadership of a secretary general, orchestrating daily operations to combat various international crimes.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Accountability requires taking personal responsibility for your cognitive development.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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This shift represents a fundamental change in how professional development happens, with corporations taking direct responsibility for credentialing workers in emerging technologies.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Mission.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mission. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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