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[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /




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"Our task is to make sure that we shape AI, rather than AI shape us," Albanese told reporters.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

"One game at a time. We've got Champions League midweek and then we go again. We have to focus on the task ahead and not get too complacent."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Their main task is to survive and use their eyes and ears to spot Russian troops and vehicles—and to claim the territory as Ukraine’s by simply being there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

When “shelter in place” was the prevailing advice from medical experts, this task seemed unsafe.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Corps members have the immediate task of distributing them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Journal said Windows could fundamentally change how people used desktop computers, letting them work across several tasks, navigate with pointing devices and picture symbols, and move data from one on-screen “window” to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Because it lags the U.S. in this field, automating many tasks could provide Europe with more room to improve its productivity economywide.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Executive function includes the mental abilities needed to organize activities, maintain focus, make plans, and manage tasks.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

However, on occasion that took away from the experience - with some tasks achieved too easily and some puzzles too quickly because I recalled their solutions.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

We get back to the work at hand, all of us practiced in our assigned tasks.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Culper Research, meanwhile, was named after the Culper Spy Ring, which was tasked by George Washington to report on the movements of British forces during the American Revolution.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Ballard, 57, of Mill Valley, will serve alongside eight other commissioners tasked with designating state historical landmarks and preserving the state’s cultural heritage, following the appointment made Friday evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Individuals were often recruited through coercion and were tasked with reporting on colleagues, friends and even relatives for signs of disloyalty towards the regime.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Given the "unusual circumstances reported" of Lucy's death, a Senior Investigating Officer had been tasked with looking into the case.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Hannie is a nurse and has been tasked with the job of escorting us to a specialist children’s home where we’ll be examined.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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

This passport theory was then raised in a June 6 tasking document by Highgate to Elicius Intelligence that we have reviewed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

Google is acquiring Intersect’s workforce and gigawatts of active joint projects, while tasking the company with developing new technologies to expand the energy supply for U.S. data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025

It may, at first sight, seem tasking the public memory too much to ask people if they remember the tension there was in the political atmosphere towards the end of Mr. Gladstone's career.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various


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