rest with

verb

rested with; resting with; rests with
: to be the responsibility of (someone or something)
The final decision rests with you.

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The group discovered early just how much responsibility for the community’s parks, landscaping and common areas rested with private organizations. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Day-to-day oversight of this hazardous logistics network rests with the Central Enterprise for Radioactive Waste Management, operating under the state-run enterprise SSE CERWM. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 The Methuen School Committee has a responsibility to regulate what students bring onto our campuses, but the broader responsibility for regulating these vehicles rests with our state. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 Raridon has had an excellent training camp, to the point that he was rested with the starters in the Patriots’ second preseason game. — Jakob Sanderson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rest with

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“Rest with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rest%20with. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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