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[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /




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But making it last may be the bigger task.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

In December, one of them sailed into the West Pacific in a four-vessel task force that also included a hulking, 35,000-ton amphibious assault ship sized to carry 30 helicopters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Neither tenure brought the consistency Real had hoped for, while Mourinho now faces the task of finding the right balance within a squad packed with talent.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

That task will be even harder if cornerbacks Donte Jackson and Rodney Shelley, who are both questionable with hamstring injuries, can’t play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

After countless hours, countless plans attempted and abandoned, the task had been deemed impossible.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

“Fertilize the fig trees, straighten up the coat closet, fix the coffee machine, tidy the garage, grill the chicken, take the Chanel shoes to get stretched,” House said, rattling off her tasks for the day.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The singer-songwriter became a fan favourite for his 1980s leisurewear, outlandish conspiracy theories and military-style approach to tasks.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The majority of Anthropic’s revenue came from consumption of tokens, or the data processed by AI models to carry out tasks, while a smaller fraction came from subscription deals with customers.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

After handing over our personal information and completing several minor administrative tasks, we’re permitted to save 75 cents on yogurt.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her cousin wasn’t exactly idle, but she was never given the really difficult tasks.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost was sent to Peru as a missionary in 1985 by the Augustinian order, tasked with transforming the small town of Chulucanas in poverty-stricken Piura region into a Catholic diocese.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Parachuted behind customer lines, these special operators are tasked with getting the AI up and running, then running at scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

McDonnell has acknowledged delays in producing records, saying that the unit tasked with reviewing and releasing the information is “grossly understaffed.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

All 141 successful candidates were chosen by students from universities across Serbia through a lengthy, secretive and carefully crafted process, and tasked with implementing the movement's plan for a complete rebuild of the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Matthias Helvar was a drüskelle, one of the Fjerdan witchhunters tasked with hunting down Grisha to face trial and execution, though to her he’d always resembled a warrior Saint, illuminated in gold.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

It said it plans to submit a bill "as soon as possible," while tasking an expert group with drawing up permanent regulations on the issue.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The “Ted Lasso” writers aren’t entirely unaware of the most obvious concerns that come with tasking Ted with wrangling a team of disparate female personalities.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Establish any ties between Thomas Lynch and Israel / Jewish heritage,” the June 6 tasking document said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

The new material revealed MI5 had greater and earlier knowledge of Stakeknife than detectives had previously been told, including that MI5 had been involved in tasking him.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

This was available in two ways, first by combining with it physical exercise, and then by tasking the faculties of observation.

From The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age by Samuel Wilderspin


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