duty
Example Sentences
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A power of attorney usually looks after a person’s finances while they have diminished capacity; a durable power of attorney would continue to carry out these duties after if/when your brother becomes incapacitated.
From MarketWatch
The auditor said his office’s most recent deep dive began with a tip about Thomas Dozler, an Agriculture Department manager whose duties included patrolling Nebraska’s borderland in the F-150.
The panel also said royal daughters -- currently forced to leave the family after marriage -- could potentially continue their public duties after their nuptials.
From Barron's
The spirits also had many important postwar duties like “preparing our homes for the poor wounded soldiers who are rapidly coming to our world.”
From Literature
The report added that retaliatory tariffs imposed by Canada on certain goods might have also prompted a shift away from U.S. products—although Prime Minister Mark Carney dropped most of those duties in late August.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
