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task

[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /
NOUN
job or chore, often assigned
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assignment burden business duty effort exercise function project responsibility undertaking work
STRONG
bother calling charge employment enterprise errand gig grind grindstone headache labor load millstone mission nuisance occupation office onus pain province stint strain tax toil trouble vocation
WEAK
daily grind deadweight fun and games long row to hoe
Antonyms
STRONGEST
irresponsibility
STRONG
aid benefit blessing entertainment fun good health happiness health help hobby idleness inactivity pastime pleasure unemployment
VERB
assign, burden
Synonyms
STRONG
charge encumber entrust exhaust lade load oppress overload push saddle strain tax test weary weigh weight
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assist exonerate help unburden

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She was chair of the Legislative Black Caucus and authored a bill that created a reparations task force, restricted when police can use deadly force and made ethnic studies mandatory for California State University students.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

If the model truly understood the task, it should have consistently selected option A. Instead, Centaur continued to choose the "correct answers" from the original dataset.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

She pointed to the creation of an expert panel of world-renowned climate scientists tasked with helping governments on their own transitions -- a daunting task in particular for developing nations dependent on oil and gas.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“We have given these kids an endless opportunity to get off task and go over to YouTube.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

And everything I felt in my body reminded me that I had one task: don’t let it show.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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