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task

[task, tahsk] / tæsk, tɑsk /




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She feels 2026 faces a hard task to create a similar sense of anticipation.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

But members of the marshal’s team had their hands full that summer with a new task: ratcheting up security.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

On Monday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon and the DOJ are standing up a joint task force to hunt down and prosecute government leakers.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

America’s task is to work with our free-world allies to make sure there is an alternative—cleaner, cheaper and faster.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

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

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Many U.S. companies have been turning to Chinese open-weight models to help complete less-sophisticated AI tasks, in an effort to control costs and diversify their approach.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

The Ukrainian leader has yet to name a replacement and has said only that Kyiv is "changing its political strategy" amid "new challenges and new tasks".

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

They’re marketing the tools as ways to help workers with tedious tasks.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Having been bundled out of their tents at dawn, everyone here is exhausted even before they have been set any tasks.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

As Roz continued examining the control room, she realized the station could do many tasks by itself, but it couldn’t do everything, and signs of its human operators were all around.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

He proposed a new No 10 unit in Manchester, where a team would be tasked with handing local government more control in areas including housing and transport.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

As he seeks her in the present day, he is tasked with hunting wicked supernatural creatures for the Afterlife Immigration Office.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

In response, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen tasked the panel to come up with advice backed by evidence on how the 27-nation bloc should tackle the issue.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

A federal monitor tasked with overseeing the union said Fain acted improperly to benefit his fiancée.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Seybert had left money in his will to fund a commission made up of ten University of Pennsylvania faculty tasked with proving the truth of Spiritualism.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

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

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 blessing of Jacob takes place in the fourth Act; Rebecca tasking her cookery to the utmost in dressing a kid, and succeeding in her scheme.

From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Hudson, Henry Norman




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