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task

[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /




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Management noted that Maersk’s utilization of its fleet capacity is now at 96% and that the task will be to ensure that the company has the capacity to grow.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Prime Minister Balendra Shah said that the task was "challenging due to adverse weather, difficult terrain, and ongoing risks".

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

The researchers found that many leading classical simulation methods would face prohibitive runtimes when attempting the same task.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

For supporting children with homework, Radice suggests approaching the task in a "positive and open way" and listening to what they might be finding difficult.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

But her most urgent task was to fix the broken farm machines.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

Respondents cited high workloads on marking, lesson preparation and other tasks, which they said gave them less time in the classroom.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Meanwhile, “harnesses” refer to the process of “providing the AI model with access to non-AI software and capabilities,” thus enabling agents to execute tasks, he added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

“These are tough tasks and we are increasingly doubtful that he will succeed,” they wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

The advent of AI agents capable of carrying out tasks autonomously has led to soaring demand for computing power.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

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

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

Enrollment offices are tasked with filling every class and generating the lion’s share of revenue needed to cover school operating expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

In Los Angeles, the Department of Transportation has been tasked with looking into ways it can regulate e-bikes and has been asked to return to the City Council’s Rules Committee in September with recommendations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Parton plays an angel tasked with changing the mind and heart of a wealthy woman set on selling her humble hometown to a mall developer.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

They also agreed to establish a "mechanism tasked with reviewing progress and addressing challenges in implementation of obligations and commitments under the Doha Framework Agreement", it added.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Doha was tasked with running errands and bringing water and food to the patients on the second floor.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

OpenAI recently hired Denise Dresser, the former Slack CEO, as chief revenue officer, tasking her with growing sales among large businesses looking to adopt AI tools in their workforces.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 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

It’s incurious about its stomping creatures and barely invested in the humans either, tasking Johansson and most of the cast to play fairly similar shades of hardy and determined.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2025

Idlers all day about the market-place They name us, and our dumb lips answer not, Bearing the bitter while our sloth's disgrace, And our dark tasking whereof none may wot.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge




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