errand

A digital waitlist lets you wander around the neighborhood, browse the shops, maybe get a head start on another errand.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Meta’s Muse, a computer errand boy that lives in a smartphone app, has a furry, rotund little mascot.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Completing a simple errand turned into the worst day of their lives.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But Kuzichkin was convinced that, as in Afghanistan, this was a fool’s errand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

She also had a good-bye to say, and a long-overdue errand to run; as it happened, both tasks were accomplished on her very last afternoon in London.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Now, you download an app, open a chat window and start directing your agent to run digital errands, day or night, right on your phone or laptop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

People have been using text messages and other mobile interfaces to have A.I. models run internet errands for them for a while.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Investigators found that Chavez-DeRemer repeatedly used federal employees for personal errands, including sending her personal aide and executive assistant to her home during the workday to organize her bedroom closet.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Kandace Redd, a AAA spokesperson, said the organization’s past research shows that consumers are most likely to drive less, combine errands and reduce shopping or dining out to cope with record pump prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

The streets are jammed with people running errands or licking ice cream cones and soaking up the last days of summer.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish