trusted

verb

past tense of trust
1
as in entrusted
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning

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2
as in handed
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you

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3
as in believed
to regard as right or true don't trust everything you read in the newspaper

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Recent Examples of trusted Some allegedly trusted him with significant amounts of money. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 The best communicators will be trusted advisors with broad knowledge of the business, external environment and stakeholder expectations. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Curran said the plane is trusted, but declined to explain what was behind that trust. — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026 Legendary singer Dolly Parton trusted her nephew, Bryan Seaver, with announcing her death to the world. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2026 Many saw this as a rather public way of telling members they weren’t trusted. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 This challenge is absolute garbage, and this is why the public should not be trusted. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 None of these companies are very trusted, but Meta has made a lot of missteps with user privacy. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026 In the absence of any sustained challenge to their power, elites seem to trust their capacity to continually outmaneuver the majority of the population regardless of whether or not they are actually trusted. — Via Haymarket Books, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trusted
  1. entrusted
  2. handed
  3. believed
  4. tasked
  5. transferred
  6. accepted
  7. gave
  8. took
Verb
  • 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
Definition of entrusted
Verb
  • The match against Roma came hours after he was handed a four-game suspension in the Spanish league after being sent off for pulling the hair of an opponent and for protesting against the referee.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • When asked, Beckham handed the bottles to Pierce, who noted three different types of pills in the bottle.
    — Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of handed
Verb
  • This is believed to be the second hospitalization for Leo, who is known to be sporty and in good shape, with weekly tennis games and swimming.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The 23-year-old was found dead in her apartment in neighboring Canton, located in the Boston suburbs, and is believed to have been pregnant with Farwell's child at the time, according to authorities.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of believed
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  • 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
Definition of tasked
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  • Instead of crossing over into the afterlife, Billy, the magically inclined twin, transferred his soul into the body of William Kaplan, a teenager who had just been involved in a fatal car crash.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Horned Frogs will need Hayward’s pass rushing expertise to harass Baylor junior quarterback DJ Lagway, a former five-star recruit that transferred in from Florida.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of transferred
Verb
  • Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepted
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Definition of gave
Verb
  • The Brewers took a 5-4 lead on Garrett Mitchell’s solo home run in the sixth inning and added an insurance run in the ninth on Hamilton’s bomb.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the squad took his ball-respecting mantra to its logical extreme, seemingly reluctant to sully it by smashing it into the net, with Chelsea recording the biggest xG underperformance in the Premier League during his brief tenure.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
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“Trusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trusted. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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