How to Use in charge in a Sentence
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The decades-old smash has now spent a lucky 13 weeks in charge.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
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Most would have rather had him in charge of their games than just about anyone else.
—Graham Scott, New York Times, 23 July 2026
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Most of all, keep your shopping list and your budget in charge.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
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Scots died for this, and the people in charge are happy to just walk away.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
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That's the advice from the man who's in charge of the state's elections.
—Mike Toole, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
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Can their show be viewed as a critique of the people who were in charge at the time?
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
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Yet no official body seems to have been in charge of vetting them.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Oct. 2026
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Its time in charge has been divided across six distinct runs.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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God help us all if some idiot, some moron, ever put you in charge.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 July 2026
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Sean would probably be in charge of where to go, where to stop, where to eat and all of that.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
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Yet, who was in charge of placing toxic yew plants along the carriage paths?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026
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There is, of course, the exception when the parents leave you in charge.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
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Most of them are led by Peck, the assistant special agent in charge.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 13 Oct. 2026
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Davos Man will do just fine, because Davos Men will still be in charge.
—Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
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The single has now racked up a total of 30 frames in charge of the ranking.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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So this is a plea for those in charge to tear their eyes away from the box office returns and look at the film itself.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
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The Pope is in charge, and there's no mechanism to say the Pope can't be in charge.
—Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
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The difference is that Lamont has been in charge for eight years.
—Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
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Second, putting one heir in charge of an estate can create friction with the other heirs.
—Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
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The entire election board has turned over, and a new elections director is in charge.
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
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The Hartman mayor resigned last year, leaving just three trustees in charge.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
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Will the person in charge please stop turning up Earth’s thermostat.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
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Nevertheless, no one knows who is in charge of these processes.
—Adriana Gattermayr, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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Madrid have often stumbled through the autumn, whoever is in charge.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
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Here's the lesson, Donna -- don't put your pool guy in charge of the reflecting pool.
—ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
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Whether someone is in charge of a company or is a lawmaker, their work does not only keep them busy.
—Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026
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But the mayor, who is in the middle of an election year, may not be the one in charge during the Olympics.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
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Whether the new general manager in charge will adhere to it is a mystery.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
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There is now a permanent investigative squad on the case, along with a new special agent in charge.
—Jennifer Mayerle, CBS News, 31 July 2026
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Those in charge regard passports and visas as merely the first step, not the final objective.
—Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
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