mission
Example Sentences
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After volunteering at a food bank, Compton got a job at a homeless mission, looking after hospital discharges, collecting medical histories, teaching self-care and tending to skin wounds.
Centering the work and lives of these forgotten souls is a mission she sees as telling “the rest of the story.”
From Los Angeles Times
This new ideological mission is notable because of Mellon’s great influence within academia, especially in hiring and promoting faculty.
"I'm happy because I made it today. That was the reason why I was at the start today, to know my body is good enough to ski tomorrow. So mission accepted," said Hemetsberger.
From Barron's
The Canadian and French missions are a historic expansion of foreign engagement in Greenland.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
