as in entrusted
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
I have been tasked by the host with bringing the pies for Thanksgiving this year
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Recent Examples of tasked
And Dumond is tasked with working with Ross.
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Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Probably the most dangerous part came up when Ben acted as a nanny for baby doll, tasked with taking care of a baby as Detwiler acted to head out for a party.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
They were tasked with returning the October joys that José Bautista, Edwin Encarnación and Josh Donaldson brought before them.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Kenneth Grant, the 22-year-old rookie tasked with replacing Calais Campbell, somewhat admitted to this.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
The film centers on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their atrocities and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s right-hand man.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Crypto firms have been tasked with resolving their differences over the Senate’s definition of ancillary assets themselves.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Oct. 2025
Probably the most dangerous part came up when Ben acted as a nanny for baby doll, tasked with taking care of a baby as Detwiler acted to head out for a party.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
They were tasked with returning the October joys that José Bautista, Edwin Encarnación and Josh Donaldson brought before them.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The Secretary of the Treasury is tasked with disrupting financial networks funding political violence and ensuring organizations that support such activities lose their tax-exempt status.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Kenneth Grant, the 22-year-old rookie tasked with replacing Calais Campbell, somewhat admitted to this.
—Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is returning to the international limelight as the prospective head of an authority tasked with the reconstruction of Gaza.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
The film centers on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their atrocities and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe), Hitler’s right-hand man.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Crypto firms have been tasked with resolving their differences over the Senate’s definition of ancillary assets themselves.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasked
Verb
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For simple crowd and traffic control situations, our peace officers are entrusted with the discretion needed to ensure safety and order.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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Her father's older siblings stepped in to take care of Nichols' birth siblings, while her grandmother and another aunt were entrusted with her care.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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The story of a Louisville man charged in connection to the murder of his fiancée had not fully unraveled when he was acquitted in 1991.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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Stryker also faces a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18 and Sonneman is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Tasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasked. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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