entrusting

verb

variants also intrusting
present participle of entrust
1
as in trusting
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings

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2
as in handing
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation

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Recent Examples of entrusting The Giants are entrusting Bryce Eldridge, their 21-year-old rookie, with the job of protecting Devers in the lineup. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Now Norvell enters 2026 firmly on the hot seat, entrusting his future to another transfer quarterback. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026 The South Chicago resident is planning to build relationships and help families feel comfortable entrusting their children to him and his educational process — one where reading, literature, and math are connected to life skills. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026 Consumers are also entrusting AI with consequential financial tasks. — Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Of course, entrusting waste management to gangsters and racketeers has repercussions. — Literary Hub, 8 July 2026 Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 June 2026 After, Roelker earned the confidence of Musk and a key lieutenant, Mark Juncosa, who began entrusting him with increasingly important projects, including flight software for Falcon Heavy, Crew Dragon, early versions of Starship, and, of course, the Starlink Internet constellation. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 McConnell gets solid performances from his actors, none more so than Yurich, who obviously took a leap by entrusting his story to someone else but pours himself into the role to a degree that suggests complete trust. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrusting
  1. trusting
  2. handing
  3. tasking
  4. leaving
  5. charging
  6. transferring
  7. assigning
  8. giving
Verb
  • Several showrunners say a strong opening establishes tone and theme while trusting viewers to make connections.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Many viewers have told us, ‘Thank you for trusting us to read between the lines and for not hammering everything over our heads.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of trusting
Verb
  • The picture of Shedeur handing the keys of the program to JuJu said 1,000 words about where Buffs football was heading.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The Bulldogs marched into the Treasure Valley last year and defeated Boise State 30-7 at Albertsons Stadium, handing the Broncos one of their worst losses on The Blue in years.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of handing
Verb
  • At the same time, some critics worried that the Obama-era guidance had gone too far, tasking college bureaucrats with investigating criminal allegations and diluting due process.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • British online fashion retailer Asos has named Jon Bennett menswear product director for Asos Design, tasking the retail veteran with overseeing the strategy and performance of its in-house menswear business.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tasking
Verb
  • Pattison joined Ricochet more than two years ago after leaving the UK arm of Pooch Perfect outfit Beyond Productions.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Ambulances were seen leaving the hospital to bring the children's bodies home as mourners wept and wailed.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaving
Verb
  • Homicide detectives obtained an arrest warrant charging Gurinder Gill with murder.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The top edge houses the power button, and the bottom edge features a USB-C port for charging and file transfer, along with a microSD card tray slot, which is very rare for ereaders and new to the Go 6.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of charging
Verb
  • From Nanjing Port, the bunker vessel took over the rest of the journey, carrying 1,000 metric tons of clean fuel before transferring it safely to Mineral Europa.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Gifting or transferring shares after a sale or offering has progressed too far leaves room for the Internal Revenue Service to challenge the valuation.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Rather than assigning a class based on a single characteristic, the system considers combinations of properties, including texture, mineralogy, pH and profile thickness — the depth of the soil layer.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • His remarks nonetheless reinforced a judgment in the markets that the Fed would pause its rate increases, with the futures market assigning a 15% probability to an October hike as of Friday morning.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigning
Verb
  • By the time Lee’s moved on to thanking his dad for not believing him, thereby giving him something to prove, an embarrassed Frances is making a quick run for the exit.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • On Tuesday, Reuters reported that Riyadh was planning to make FII a hybrid event, giving executives the option to take part remotely.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of giving

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“Entrusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrusting. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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