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noun

Definition of jobsnext
plural of job
1
as in positions
an assignment at which one regularly works for pay a high-paying job as a banker

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2
as in tasks
a piece of work that needs to be done regularly taking the trash out is one of my jobs

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3
as in missions
a specific task with which a person or group is charged your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes

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as in roles
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists a coffeemaker's job is to make coffee, and this overpriced machine doesn't do it very well

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as in headaches
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work boy, doing all that filing was a real job

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jobs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of job
as in apprentices

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Recent Examples of jobs
Noun
The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Yet with population growth slowing and immigration into the United States dropping, the economy doesn’t need to generate as many jobs every month to keep the unemployment rate low. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 One of his first writing jobs was actually on the 1989 ABC sitcom Anything But Love, about the romance between co-workers played by leads Curtis and comedian Richard Lewis. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 Earlier this month the government said that businesses and other employers added just 29,000 jobs in September, down from 133,000 in August and below what economists had forecast. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, 64% said they’re concerned that bans will lead to jobs, investment, and economic growth going to other states instead. — Morgan Chalfant, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Historically, funding a college education led to higher-paying jobs and greater economic opportunity. — Jessica Dickler,annie Nova, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 The program allows companies to employ skilled foreign workers in specialized jobs. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jobs
  1. positions
  2. tasks
  3. missions
  4. roles
  5. headaches
  6. contracts
  7. posts
  8. duties
Noun
  • Unlike traditional sports betting, prediction markets function more like exchanges, with participants taking positions against one another rather than against a house.
    — Aneri Jambusaria, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Artists tracked Gosling’s on-set performance and recreated it within digital environments, allowing Fraser to choose new camera positions without discarding the original acting.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of positions
Noun
  • The software platform can manage workflows between human resources and IT, even if the tasks involve an outside chatbot such as Claude.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers trained it on tasks with known loopholes—ways to get rewarded without actually completing the task as intended— then gave it new challenges.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tasks
Noun
  • This can include missions like delivering combat divers into contested regions.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Flight operations are managed by Lockheed Martin’s MATRIX autonomy system, allowing operators to command missions from a tablet without continuous continuous control or monitoring.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of missions
Noun
  • For example, in 2025, IBM replaced hundreds of traditional HR roles with autonomous AI agents that automated 94% of routine administrative queries.
    — Syed Ahmad, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Although his roles were ostensibly romantic leads, Astaire had an almost radically unorthodox appeal—one that, in its urbanity, cosmopolitanism, elegance, and grace, challenged the prevailing standards for male movie stardom.
    — David Hajdu, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of roles
Noun
  • In Meta’s case, creepy video-recording incidents and privacy-light tampering have caused severe headaches for the company.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Neurological symptoms, like persistent headaches, may also warrant seeing a doctor.
    — Angelica Stabile , Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of headaches
Verb
  • The security stance isn't surprising given that SpaceX also contracts with the US government and military.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That’s about $1,000 cheaper than its current lineup, and also the company’s first-ever foldable device that contracts to roughly half its size.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of contracts
Noun
  • Rowling has been staunchly critical of transgender rights activists, funding legal efforts to protect women’s rights and penning X/Twitter posts that are considered to be attacks by the trans community.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026
  • An Associated Press review of thousands of posts made on the forum between 2022 and 2026 found racial slurs, minimizations of Nazi Germany and defenses of white nationalist conspiracy theories.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of posts
Noun
  • The service previously operated the EC-130Q for TACAMO duties from 1963 through 1993, according to Lockheed Martin.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Rome — Pope Leo XIV left hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery in a swift return to his duties following the first health scare of his papacy.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
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“Jobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jobs. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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