Thesaurus results for TASKS

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noun

plural of task

as in duties

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly one of my tasks in the morning is to make lunches for everyone in the family

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as in roles

the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists the forklift's task is to stack pallets of goods in the warehouse

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tasks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of task

as in entrusts

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year

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Recent Examples of tasks

Noun

Leeks also have the same growing needs as onions, and planting them in the same bed can simplify your gardening tasks. —

Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026 The first trimester Maple prides herself on cramming her schedule with meetings, juggling multiple tasks and constantly being on the go. —

Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 According to the team, when the lander reaches the moon’s surface, the robot will deploy to carry out tasks like carrying scientific instruments and placing sensors in specific locations. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 10 May 2026 And the tech landscape may keep changing as AI models evolve and potentially take on more office tasks. —

Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 May 2026 Most jobs are bundles of tasks. —

Editorial, Boston Herald, 10 May 2026 Over the past two decades, schools have started requiring even the youngest children to focus on more challenging academic tasks. —

Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026 Sometimes Redick’s tasks are simply checking in with certain players. —

Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026 The Moon in Sagittarius moves through your 6th House of Work, highlighting responsibilities and daily tasks that need attention. —

Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026

Verb

The memo now tasks those offices with conducting toxicity assessments and brings an end to the program that has powered the EPA’s efforts to protect people from harmful chemicals. —

Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 1 May 2026 The second episode of Euphoria’s third season finds Rue basking in the glow of God’s favor and settling into her new life working for the strip-club proprietor Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), who tasks her with scooping pig slop and covering up evidence of a dancer’s accidental overdose. —

Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026 The event was the inaugural Miami finale of the Green Heart STEM Challenge, a national program of the Captain Planet Foundation that tasks students in grades six through nine with identifying environmental issues in their communities and designing practical, implementable solutions. —

Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026 Real logistics tasks The trial centered on a standard warehouse picking workflow. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026 Set in the ’90s, the game tasks players with such activities as stocking shelves, manning the checkout counter, and balancing the daily books; sometimes a videotape needs to be rewound, or a patron disputes a late fee. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026 The Society tasks her with righting wrongs. —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 The eight-page agreement also tasks colleges to provide wraparound support services including counseling and tutoring to better prepare students. —

Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026 The contract, signed in January 2026, tasks BBK with advocating before Congress, the White House and federal agencies on behalf of the county to secure funding and action to address cross-border sewage flows that have fouled South Bay beaches and communities for decades. —

Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasks

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Miss Manners suspects that many would be miffed — not only the mothers absent that day, but also (and perhaps especially) the non-parents who are gracious about concessions made to parents when their personal duties conflict with work.

— Judith Martin, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
After the test, the system had to be taken off so the ship could return to its usual duties.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026