tasked

past tense of task
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 Hinton offered a hypothetical scenario of an AI tasked with reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Since her time as a watch operations lieutenant in the Harrison District in the Garfield Park community, Ursitti has been tasked with overseeing the most sensitive assignments in CPD. — Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026 In both projects, she was tasked not only with playing the same person from young adulthood to maturity, but also with bringing new dimension to a literary character whom readers have misguidedly despised for decades. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026 Nordlund says Hope Florida at times referred people to nonprofits within UnidosUS Florida’s network — organizations tasked with helping public assistance recipients understand the bureaucracy of state agencies. — Sharmila Venkatasubban, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026 More than 70 people who bought, owned or were recorded with smart glasses have sued the company, alleging in one lawsuit filed this year that intimate images were exposed to contract workers tasked with training artificial intelligence. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 The Australian government was alerted to the incident on September 10, but Albanese said the hack occurred months before, on June 18, when an internal OpenAI model was tasked with researching public health spending. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2026 And Paul Nugent is the man who has been tasked with making that happen. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026 Miami has one of the youngest teams, one in which several rookies are tasked with starting roles. — Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasked
entrusted
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  • Menace can stand behind the DJ decks wearing the mask his family entrusted to him while his father performs inside the ring.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The second charge involved a package in January 2025, when prosecutors alleged Wallace embezzled a parcel entrusted to her as a Postal Service employee.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Tasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasked. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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