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tasked

verb

past tense of task

as in entrusted

to give a task, duty, or responsibility to I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year

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Recent Examples of tasked One is tasked with reporting and response, another with assessing critical infrastructure and working with the private sector, and a third with law enforcement and responsibility, Clayton said. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 More efficient circuits… Anthropic tasked Claude with optimizing eight computational building blocks across chemistry, physics simulation, optimization, number theory, and numerical computing. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026 Kids made good accomplices, tasked with sneaking off on a hunt for the bill. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 The commission was also tasked with considering and voting on write-in names that appeared on some mayoral and city council votes. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 The Harry Potter and Catastrophe stars will topline Sober Companion, following recovering addict Tim (Delaney), who is tasked with escorting pop star Lucy Green (Powley) on a journey to rehab in Arizona. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 The association reiterated its support for SB 707’s textile circularity goals while challenging CalRecycle’s choice of the organization tasked with implementing them. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Their day jobs are with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), a specialized force tasked with guarding the peaks and passes of India’s 2,167-mile (3,488-kilometer) long Himalayan border with China. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 While the Florida Panthers received relatively good news about the injuries to Aleksander Barkov and Brad Marchand — Barkov out six to eight weeks, Marchand six weeks — the team still is tasked with figuring out how to replace their star forwards. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

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entrusted

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For a lot of the people at that desk, this is the first job anyone has entrusted them with.

— Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The second challenge is pursuing smart development while protecting the natural and community character entrusted to us.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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