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
  • Researchers also examine whether people understand the system's alerts and feel comfortable trusting the technology.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • What to check before trusting an AI deal Treat AI picks as a starting point, not a final answer.
    — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of trusting
Verb
  • Abner Uribe and Aaron Ashby combined for five strikeouts in three scoreless innings of relief before handing the ball to Megill.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Milwaukee’s hottest hitter William Contreras led off the inning with his second hit of the game - a single into left field - which led Tampa Bay to make another pitching change, this time handing the ball to Garrett Cleavinger.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 23 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
  • Despite a strong growth forecast for the region, unemployment among the fast-growing youth population remains stubbornly high, leading to political instability and leaving the authorities looking for ways to create more jobs.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Literally days before leaving office, the former Biden Under Secretary used the stroke of a (digital) pen to inappropriately expand the closed-school discharge period for certain institutions targeted by the previous Administration.
    — Cory Turner, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of leaving
Verb
  • Florida has had a tortured relationship with this Biden-era money, originally intended to bolster states’ public charging networks for electric cars.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • There were heiress ghosts and cat ghosts and soldier ghosts charging through forests.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of charging
Verb
  • By reducing delays in transferring and interpreting images, researchers estimate CLARKE could help emergency managers make decisions roughly a day earlier.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In return, Russia has reportedly supplied North Korea with air defenses and electronic warfare capabilities and is considering transferring even more advanced military technology.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Not just assigning routine work but actually delegating critical tasks.
    — Volen Vulkov, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The question of what constitutes an official announcement is resolved by the SEC declaring a company's S-1 effective, an IPO pricing or an exchange assigning a ticker to the stock.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of assigning
Verb
  • The design has also been selected for export programmes in Poland and Indonesia, giving it a growing international footprint.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Something could come together quietly through a helpful conversation, a small favor, or someone giving you useful information without much fanfare.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of giving

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