as in assignments
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 missions
Unlike Jupiter and Saturn, both of which have received dedicated missions like the Cassini probe and the Juno spacecraft, the outer planets have not received any visitors since the Voyager 2 flybys more than 30 years ago.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In addition to emergency supply missions, Inversion claims that Arc could be used as an advanced hypersonic test platform.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Now grown, the siblings use their fortune, along with their own peculiar talents—disguises, forgery, weapons handling—to lead Robin Hood–esque missions throughout London.
—Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
The Artemis missions will allow astronauts to spend much longer on the moon.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship as a fully reusable transportation system, meaning the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
For one, spaceflight is not as simple as dragging out blueprints from old missions.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The Falcon 9 has now completed 542 missions, 497 landings and 464 reflights, according to the SpaceX website.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
But unlike typical National Guard domestic missions, such as helping in crises of hurricanes, wildfires or tornados, the troops sent to Washington largely patrolled popular tourist destinations such as the National Mall.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
In addition to emergency supply missions, Inversion claims that Arc could be used as an advanced hypersonic test platform.
—David Szondy
october 13, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2025
Now grown, the siblings use their fortune, along with their own peculiar talents—disguises, forgery, weapons handling—to lead Robin Hood–esque missions throughout London.
—Karen Ostergren, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
The Artemis missions will allow astronauts to spend much longer on the moon.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
SpaceX is developing Starship as a fully reusable transportation system, meaning the rocket and vehicle can return to the ground for additional missions.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
For one, spaceflight is not as simple as dragging out blueprints from old missions.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The Falcon 9 has now completed 542 missions, 497 landings and 464 reflights, according to the SpaceX website.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
But unlike typical National Guard domestic missions, such as helping in crises of hurricanes, wildfires or tornados, the troops sent to Washington largely patrolled popular tourist destinations such as the National Mall.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missions
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Similarly, about three-fourths of DEA agents, a third of US deputy marshals, and nearly all Homeland Security Investigations agents have been diverted to work on immigration, according to ICE documents detailing assignments through the end of August that were first obtained by the Cato Institute.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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Designers can create different rules — such as random seat assignments or priority access — to better balance efficiency and fairness for participants.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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All of which begs the question, can—and should—Europe use the once-in-a-generation opportunity presented by decarbonization to reboot its own renewables supply chain, creating green jobs and sustainable wealth for the future?—
Andrew Saunders,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Council members celebrated the project as an investment in the city’s cultural growth that could bring jobs and tourism dollars.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Oct. 2025
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The move would raise total duties on imports from China to around 130% – effectively a trade embargo and just shy of the 145% peak reached at the height of the trade war this spring.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Trump stated that this tariff will be added on top of existing import duties, ratcheting up the temperature of this latest trade war battle.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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The announcement was made by Andy Yeatman, CEO of Miraculous Corp USA and global operations.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The money will support operations at Heavenly Home, a nonprofit residential facility in Mission Viejo that provides 24-hour care and housing for residents facing terminal illnesses.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The one piece that the Chiefs are arguably still missing is an explosive rusher at the running back position, where Isiah Pacheco and Kareem Hunt have split responsibilities to this point.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Instead of waiting on Washington, Texas will now handle certain federal responsibilities, a model officials say can speed up infrastructure work while preserving key environmental safeguards.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Oct. 2025
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Since the city incentivized the private haulers to offer better deals by softening some recycling requirements, the pace of customers securing new service has accelerated, Bauer said.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Since no other candidates from South America are eligible for vice president, the only potential presidential candidate who can meet the requirements is Ben Sulayem.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Missions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missions. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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