mission

Example Sentences

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A command-and-coordination centre, like a mini space mission control with staff facing big screens, monitors global developments in real time during Asian hours.

From Barron's

For all their continued passion about the mission in their own backyard, the McCoys fret about the bigger picture — the alarming increase in greenhouse gases and the biodiversity decline.

From Los Angeles Times

Guests are asked to pay what they feel, with the proceeds supporting the social enterprise's mission to tackle food waste.

From BBC

Carney, who has spent much of his time in office on overseas trade missions, cancelled a planned trip to the Munich Security Conference earlier this week in light of the shooting.

From BBC

Vice Admiral Thomas Allan told lawmakers that going a few days without funding would mean about 56,000 workers going without pay, leading the agency to suspend missions that were not critical or lifesaving.

From BBC