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[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /




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"We have a long way ahead and we have a big and important task: to stop deaths and bring the peace back," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

In our case, it felt like a task we had to complete urgently and diligently.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Is there any character you see rising to the task?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

During both sessions, they performed a spatial orientation task while their brain activity was recorded in an MRI scanner.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

I had to give her an impossible task.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

It found the employees "worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

These are much cheaper to run and good enough for many purposes, such as helping run AI agents that can carry out real-world tasks autonomously, experts say.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

As a result, quantum materials can perform remarkable tasks in carefully controlled laboratories, but they are difficult and expensive to use in real-world devices.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Its new business, which uses AI agents to build revenue operations systems that can perform tasks autonomously, he said, is growing quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

When the three men had gone out to their tasks Van Helsing asked Mrs. Harker to look up the copy of the diaries and find him the part of Harker’s journal at the Castle.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

On his recent flight to Fresno, Franks was tasked with evaluating how altitude affects taste, aroma and mouth feel for each of his blends.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Since the fire was extinguished, Lineage has been tasked with removing roughly 88 million pounds of spoiled and decomposing food, along with fire and demolition debris.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

To that end, it not only has a team that builds AI tools, but every team has members tasked with looking for the chores a robot could do.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

In the months before, Lisa says a public relations agency had been tasked with producing AI-generated material that she and her colleagues were asked to edit.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The S.O.E. was a secret British organization tasked with carrying out acts of sabotage behind enemy lines all over Europe.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

Manchester United confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season on Tuesday, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the Champions League.

From Barron's Jan. 13, 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

The UK is understood to be considering tasking troops with driving trucks via an American-built floating pier onto a beach in Gaza.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2024

This at least was not arrogant; the man who is sensible of his own weakness, is safe by not tasking it to the proof.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac




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