the task at hand
noun phrase
: the work someone is doing now
I need to concentrate on the task at hand.
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By working in the cloud, developers can scale their processing or storage needs up or down for the task at hand while reducing our overall infrastructure costs.
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Debo Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Glaser succeeded by calibrating her spicy, self-deprecating style for the task at hand.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
If Saturday night’s 136-100 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz is any early indication of the task at hand, with Saturday the first game of Butler’s seven-game suspension, then Erik Spoelstra could have his hands full.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
Cabello, for example, muses that the task at hand might be the hardest thing she’s ever done.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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Debo Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Glaser succeeded by calibrating her spicy, self-deprecating style for the task at hand.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
If Saturday night’s 136-100 loss to the visiting Utah Jazz is any early indication of the task at hand, with Saturday the first game of Butler’s seven-game suspension, then Erik Spoelstra could have his hands full.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2025
Cabello, for example, muses that the task at hand might be the hardest thing she’s ever done.
—Lesley O'Toole, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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“The task at hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20task%20at%20hand. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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