mission statement

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noun

an official document that sets out the goals, purpose, and work of an organization.

a written statement that sets out one’s personal goals for the future: Having a personal mission statement brings focus to your life.

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Origin of mission statement

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby mission statement

mission control, mission creep, missioner, missionize, mission specialist, mission statement, Mission Viejo, missis, missish, Mississauga, Mississippi

How to use mission statement in a sentence

My last review was three years ago, when I encountered a slight disconnect between the restaurant’s mission statement and what appeared on the plate, and even a physical addition, in the form of a bar and club room, that seemed forced on the brand.
Fresh reasons to return to 1789, one of D.C.’s oldest restaurants|Tom Sietsema|February 19, 2021|Washington Post
And, it really should already own its own mission statement directly.
The expansion of People Also Ask in the search results|Jason Barnard|December 14, 2020|Search Engine Land
When the magazine publisher Henry Luce published his famous essay The American Century in 1941, on the eve of the US entry into the second world war, he provided a mission statement of American exceptionalism.
As The World Watches US Election, The Appeal Of America Is Diminished|LGBTQ-Editor|November 2, 2020|No Straight News
DeepMind’s unofficial but widely repeated mission statement is to “solve intelligence.”
Artificial general intelligence: Are we close, and does it even make sense to try?|Will Heaven|October 15, 2020|MIT Technology Review

“Any users acting against out code of conduct will be immediately removed from the Somewhere Good platform,” the platform’s mission statement says.
Ethel’s Club founder is launching Somewhere Good, a social platform that centers people of color|Megan Rose Dickey|October 1, 2020|TechCrunch
The title of its final track doubles as a mission statement: “FunkNRoll.”
Prince Returns From the Wilderness and, Thankfully, Is as Restless as Ever|Keith Phipps|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a consequence, the faculty is typically more liberal than the mission statement of its institution.
The Christian Reformed Church Still Won’t Stand Up For Science|Karl W. Giberson|June 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their mission statement, which they repeated to me, reads: “No movie is without sin.”
The Witty Genius of YouTube’s CinemaSins: Everything Wrong with Your Favorite Movie|Rich Goldstein|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In line with its all-encompassing mission statement, the chapel is free and open to the public year-round.
Get Cultured on Your Weekend Getaway: Best Trips for Art Lovers|Condé Nast Traveler|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My travel mission statement was always more George Clooney than Swallows of Capistrano.
I Can’t Shake Hawaii: An Ode to Returning to Places You’ve Been Before|Debra A. Klein|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for mission statement

mission statement

noun

an official statement of the aims and objectives of a business or other organization

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