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
On the runway, they’re tasked with bringing a designer’s vision to life.
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Christina Holevas, Vogue, 25 May 2026
The Kansas Department of Insurance is not directly involved in the NAIC working group tasked with shaping the reforms.
—Matthew Kelly
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The episode kicks off with Danny suiting up in his new BPD uniform, as he's tasked with going on a ride-along with his son Sean (Mika Amonsen).
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Councilmembers Pat Burns, Don Kennedy and Butch Twining formed an ad hoc committee tasked with reviewing the bids.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Though Blanche will appoint the five commissioners tasked with processing claims, his precise role in the fund’s conception and implementation is unclear.
—Eric Tucker, Fortune, 23 May 2026
At the same time, he’s tasked with conscripting 150 of his workers for Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
That being said, similar slinky options are a’plenty, and, like my fictional counterpart, I was tasked with some heavy investigative fashion journalism to find every dupe of the dress on the internet.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Initially, when Djena got to the States, she was tasked with taking care of Denise and Mohamed’s youngest child, Timou, who was not yet two years old.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Christina Holevas, Vogue, 25 May 2026
The Kansas Department of Insurance is not directly involved in the NAIC working group tasked with shaping the reforms.
—Matthew Kelly
may 24, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The episode kicks off with Danny suiting up in his new BPD uniform, as he's tasked with going on a ride-along with his son Sean (Mika Amonsen).
—Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026
Councilmembers Pat Burns, Don Kennedy and Butch Twining formed an ad hoc committee tasked with reviewing the bids.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
Though Blanche will appoint the five commissioners tasked with processing claims, his precise role in the fund’s conception and implementation is unclear.
—Eric Tucker, Fortune, 23 May 2026
At the same time, he’s tasked with conscripting 150 of his workers for Vladimir Putin’s war machine.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
That being said, similar slinky options are a’plenty, and, like my fictional counterpart, I was tasked with some heavy investigative fashion journalism to find every dupe of the dress on the internet.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 23 May 2026
Initially, when Djena got to the States, she was tasked with taking care of Denise and Mohamed’s youngest child, Timou, who was not yet two years old.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasked
entrusted
Verb
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Perhaps the most salient thing about the Manhattan Project, however, was that it was not entrusted to the private sector.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Principle entrusted the track to his friend Louie Gomez, who remixed it and passed it to DJ Frankie Knuckles.—
Eric Henderson,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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“Tasked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasked. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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