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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
  • Players kept trusting one another instead of allowing the losses to splinter the group.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Counsell brought in Webb for the seventh inning, trusting a reliever who produced a 24-game scoreless streak and stabilized the bullpen this summer.
    — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of trusting
Verb
  • Rice had a vision in his head of Almand riding his bicycle onto the field with the football and handing it off to commissioner Roger Goodell in front of a sellout crowd, and to the millions of people at home watching.
    — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • His younger brother, Madden, took over handing the ball off to complete the UCLA scoring drive.
    — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of handing
Verb
  • 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
  • The church created the Center at West Park in 2016, tasking the nonprofit to run and maintain the building, raise funds to repair its facade and keep the rent from tenants.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of tasking
Verb
  • The carrier entered the maintenance period in March 2025 and subsequently underwent testing at sea after leaving the shipyard in early September 2026.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Norman pleaded guilty to capital murder, leaving a jury to decide his punishment.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of leaving
Verb
  • The battery lasts up to five hours on a single charge and 30 hours total with the charging case, giving them plenty of juice to last throughout the day.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Saad Almoraisi was also charged in connection with two warrants charging him with sale of cannabis and possession of cannabis, as well as two warrants accusing him of failure to pay or plea to infractions.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of charging
Verb
  • Finance leaders should periodically compare the cost of transferring risk with the company’s ability to retain and finance portions of it.
    — Randy Sadler, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Among these moves were Nico Paz joining Como, striker Gonzalo Garcia transferring to Fulham and Victor Munoz’s move to Liverpool from Osasuna, when Madrid owned 50 per cent of his rights.
    — Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Regulations under this law require us to complete the investigation prior to assigning any discipline in the manner.
    — Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Getting an accurate count of immigrants of various statuses is useful when assigning resources for public health emergencies or natural or human-made disasters.
    — Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of assigning
Verb
  • The senior House Democrat became a kingmaker for Biden by giving him momentum heading into Super Tuesday after Biden’s poor showing in the first three states.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Tech companies are racing to develop and train elder care robots to handle tasks ranging from giving massages to playing chess.
    — HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of giving

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“Entrusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrusting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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