missions

noun

plural of mission
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 And although, as a survey-style telescope, Roman boasts a wider, faster view of the sky than either Hubble or JWST, McEnery emphasized that doesn’t make these more focused missions obsolete. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026 Roman will also detect exoplanets using the tried-and-true transit method, but scientists expect the new telescope to find a lot more than past space missions have, thanks to its wider vision. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026 These are questions for future missions, but the tidal tomography technique could be employed for other worlds too, from Mercury to the large moons of Jupiter. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The exceptions are the Curious Case files, which are missions that expand on Kyoto Folklore. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 Its addition will give the Navy more Flight III destroyers to help with surface warfare and air and missile defense missions. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 When operational, the A3 will be used for high-value missions, including Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), electronic attack, and strike operations while teaming with JAS 39 Gripen E and GlobalEye platforms. — New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missions
  1. assignments
  2. jobs
  3. duties
  4. operations
  5. responsibilities
  6. requirements
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Managers guide a roster constructed by their general manager or head of baseball operations.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Organizations need security operations capable of correlating multiple attack vectors, responding at machine speed and continuously learning from attacks occurring far beyond the walls of any single enterprise.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of operations
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
  • Process control, workplace conditions, customer requirements and long-term competitiveness are already pushing the industry in the same direction.
    — Alice Tonello, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Most students received milder penalties — warnings, probation or requirements to attend counseling or workshops, which together made up 93% of sanctions.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of requirements

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“Missions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missions. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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