chares

noun

variants or chars
plural of chare
as in duties

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  1. duties
  2. tasks
  3. jobs
  4. assignments
  5. projects
  6. responsibilities
  7. commissions
  8. charges
Noun
  • Welch did not remove Benton from his committee assignments and other caucus duties until February.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The threat of shortages pushed countries across Asia to impose export bans, cut import duties, and start rationing fuel to maintain supplies.
    — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of duties
Noun
  • Once a process to curate guest lists for elaborate events, now restaurateurs can fire off a quick direct message to an influencer between kitchen tasks.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Summary Chinese economist Tang Min states AI reshapes job tasks more than eliminating positions, creating new roles despite global anxiety.
    — Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of tasks
Noun
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s Fire Department has four fire engineer jobs vacancies, and five additional firefighters are on leave.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of jobs
Noun
  • In Georgia, the lieutenant governor wields immense power in the state Senate by presiding over floor debates and making committee assignments that give him control over what bills reach the floor for a vote.
    — Riley Bunch, AJC.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • What-if scenarios let managers test different task assignments before changing the active plan.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of assignments
Noun
  • This would be an intense time of building, assembling art and art cars, and a lot of people just have not been able to get any work done on their projects.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • This award recognized the engineering that helped concrete arch construction move past limits that had held back similar projects for decades.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of projects
Noun
  • Most children are forgotten in cars when caregivers are operating on autopilot mode while juggling several responsibilities at once.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
  • While the department attributes the opacity around its procurement and distribution of its massive, $1 trillion budget to the sheer size of the agency and its responsibilities, the GAO has found evidence instead of pervasive money mismanagement.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of responsibilities
Noun
  • While casinos have long been known to court VIPs, margins on them weren’t generally as high, whether due to commissions, perks, and lower-edge games like baccarat.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • County commissions and development authorities that opt in will have access to site evaluation tools, community engagement guidance and data center recruitment strategies.
    — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of commissions
Noun
  • Nearly all his conduct charges were dismissed, the suit says, even as the student faced a lengthy campus ban.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Selective repression had already been introduced before 2022 with the imprisonment of a number of governors, ministers, and high-ranking civil servants on charges of corruption and abuse of power.
    — Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of charges
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