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
Contestants are split up into teams and tasked with cooking challenges and dinner services, with the losing team having to select two of their own for the chopping block, at which point Ramsay eliminates one of them.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.
—Nick Bowlin, The Frontier, 16 Feb. 2026
Fed chairs are tasked with building consensus around rate decisions, with each person having only one vote, including the chair.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
It’s sort of been tasked with trying to keep us engaged.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Using Pritzker’s proposal from Wednesday as a baseline, the General Assembly will be tasked with negotiating a final budget by the end of May.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
As a student playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire was once tasked with writing a script about the thing that scared him most.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Aeryn is part of the ruthless Peacekeepers, who are tasked with bringing back Moya and dealing with those who oppose the organization.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
The findings offer practical benefits for curators tasked with long-term collection care.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
One that stood out to Everett Plummer, a manager in the oil division at the time and one of several staffers tasked with investigating the Boarman case, was McCoon 3, an injection well that disposes salty oil field wastewater deep below the earth.
—Nick Bowlin, The Frontier, 16 Feb. 2026
Fed chairs are tasked with building consensus around rate decisions, with each person having only one vote, including the chair.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
It’s sort of been tasked with trying to keep us engaged.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Using Pritzker’s proposal from Wednesday as a baseline, the General Assembly will be tasked with negotiating a final budget by the end of May.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
As a student playwright, David Lindsay-Abaire was once tasked with writing a script about the thing that scared him most.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Aeryn is part of the ruthless Peacekeepers, who are tasked with bringing back Moya and dealing with those who oppose the organization.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 14 Feb. 2026
The findings offer practical benefits for curators tasked with long-term collection care.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasked
entrusted
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Once dark and divided into too many small spaces, this Victorian house has benefited from a careful redesign entrusted to the duo at Penrose Tilbury.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
17 Feb. 2026
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As Edison’s football coach, he was entrusted to guide young athletes whose parents bought banned 2 Live Crew records and tapes as teens.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Tasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasked. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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