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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 purposes
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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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
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Instead, they’re built for narrower, specialized tasks—and often shine in specific use cases.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Operators should also follow federal aviation rules when using drones for tasks like mapping, surveying or capturing images at public events.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Many women have shared the shame associated with the sudden onset of symptoms that simultaneously seem to undermine their ability to be present and energized on tasks, whether at work or at home.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2025
At eight years old, Lopez joined a local robotics club to learn basic programming by building small robots and experimenting with simple automation tasks.
—William Jones, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
These women performed vital tasks in exchange for food, and George Washington complained about them repeatedly.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Fall weather can fluctuate wildly from frosty mornings to warm autumn days that are perfect for apple picking and getting late-season gardening tasks done.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
This variable speed hand mixer has nine settings, a 100-watt motor, and comes with a slew of attachments to tackle a variety of tasks.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
The policy also tasks the superintendent to ensure AI use is consistent with other board policies dealing with academic honesty, homework and make-up work, student assessment and student use of technology.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Simon tasks Murtagh with attending a Jacobite meeting in order to advise Lord Lovat on which alliance the clan should take up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
This capability could be invaluable for aerospace maintenance and other precision tasks.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Instead, they’re built for narrower, specialized tasks—and often shine in specific use cases.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Operators should also follow federal aviation rules when using drones for tasks like mapping, surveying or capturing images at public events.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
Many women have shared the shame associated with the sudden onset of symptoms that simultaneously seem to undermine their ability to be present and energized on tasks, whether at work or at home.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 14 Oct. 2025
At eight years old, Lopez joined a local robotics club to learn basic programming by building small robots and experimenting with simple automation tasks.
—William Jones, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
These women performed vital tasks in exchange for food, and George Washington complained about them repeatedly.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Fall weather can fluctuate wildly from frosty mornings to warm autumn days that are perfect for apple picking and getting late-season gardening tasks done.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
This variable speed hand mixer has nine settings, a 100-watt motor, and comes with a slew of attachments to tackle a variety of tasks.
—Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, ARC Raiders tasks you with scavenging the Earth's dangerous surface for resources while fighting hostile robots and rival human players.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
The policy also tasks the superintendent to ensure AI use is consistent with other board policies dealing with academic honesty, homework and make-up work, student assessment and student use of technology.
—Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Simon tasks Murtagh with attending a Jacobite meeting in order to advise Lord Lovat on which alliance the clan should take up.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasks
Noun
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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
Noun
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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This particular challenge serves many purposes.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Global markets rely on the Fed being insulated from political pressure, and our market entrusts the Fed with containing inflation; if the Fed's independence is lost, the way its decisions are interpreted changes, and the individual decisions that comprise our market change as well.—
Isaac Saul,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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But, due to his effectiveness, the cartel entrusts him with larger and even more dangerous shipments.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The laborious process of finalizing a Mountain West men’s basketball schedule continued Wednesday with the release of television assignments and the adjustment of several dates from the tentative list of games released last month.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Both sides have their assignments.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some of the world’s most prominent business leaders started out in customer-facing roles.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Butterfly cast also includes Kim Ji-hoon, Park Hae-soo, Kim Tae-hee, Charles Parnell, Sean Dulake, and Nayoon Kim, with Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa appearing in guest roles.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The indictment filed Thursday charges James with two counts, bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution, centering on her 2020 purchase and subsequent use of a property in Norfolk, Va.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
11 Oct. 2025
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Three Sevilla players are offside, but they are quickly played on as the Frenchman charges down the line and swings a cross into Romero, who slices his shot wide.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Crucially, aid will be provided to restore functions to hospitals and bakeries in the territory.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Startups are advertising ‘AI employees’ and the likes of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are talking of AI ‘productizing and unbundling’ the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector that executes the core functions of corporations around the globe.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Tasks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasks. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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