mission creep

noun

the tendency for a task, esp a military operation, to become unintentionally wider in scope than its initial objectives

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“As with any program, money continues to grow. I always call it mission creep, but suddenly you look around and you’re going, ‘Why are we doing this?

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He says the court has "taken on new powers. There's been mission creep...It does need to reform or we should leave."

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The company's blog post said it would also "undo the mission creep" of rules and policies - highlighting removal of restrictions on subjects including "immigration, gender and gender identity" - saying these have stemmed political discussion and debate.

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We could call it mission creep.

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They also never authorized most of CEQA’s judicial mission creep.

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