trust to
verb
trusted to; trusting to; trusts to
1
: to rely on to get what is wanted or needed
You'll make more friends by seeking them out than by trusting to chance.
2
: to give to (someone) the responsibility of
They trusted the care of their daughter to her grandparents while they were away.
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Questions persist about whether a billionaire candidate can effectively represent and prioritize the interests of working-class voters, with concerns that billionaires as a demographic cannot be trusted to champion non-wealthy citizens’ concerns in political leadership.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
When a moderator in last week’s debate asked Pratt why he should be trusted to preside over a multibillion-dollar budget, given his inexperience, his answer was that advisers would help him with the accounting.
—Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Their email, all of their internal data—who are the cloud companies that those companies have trusted to provide the service to them?
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Families can also create irrevocable trusts to remove countable assets towards Medicaid qualification, but remember, irrevocable trusts are usually unchangeable.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 May 2026
What if Oliver Bjorkstrand was trusted to play in Games 1-2, since his line with Dominic James and Gage Goncalves was the most effective in Game 7?
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
The cemetery partners with a land trust to manage, restore and protect the land from development.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
The radical successors of Khamenei can never be trusted to keep any promise or agreement.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Gentle, an Alabama lawyer who specializes in running trusts to compensate victims of disasters and corporate scandals, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
—Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
When a moderator in last week’s debate asked Pratt why he should be trusted to preside over a multibillion-dollar budget, given his inexperience, his answer was that advisers would help him with the accounting.
—Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
Their email, all of their internal data—who are the cloud companies that those companies have trusted to provide the service to them?
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 May 2026
Families can also create irrevocable trusts to remove countable assets towards Medicaid qualification, but remember, irrevocable trusts are usually unchangeable.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 May 2026
What if Oliver Bjorkstrand was trusted to play in Games 1-2, since his line with Dominic James and Gage Goncalves was the most effective in Game 7?
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
The cemetery partners with a land trust to manage, restore and protect the land from development.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
The radical successors of Khamenei can never be trusted to keep any promise or agreement.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
Gentle, an Alabama lawyer who specializes in running trusts to compensate victims of disasters and corporate scandals, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
—Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Trust to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trust%20to. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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