as in entrusting
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 tasking
To get him out of his slump, Lucy tries to get Charlie more involved by appointing him director of the school Christmas play and tasking him with finding the perfect tree, while Linus shares the nativity story.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
There is an emergent view among cognitive psychologists that episodic memories are intrinsically visual in nature and, effectively, the brain is re-tasking the navigational parts that include knowing landmarks and their relative positions as a means of organizing memories.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
The leagues’ position today looks a lot like ESPN’s 15 years ago, controlling what fans want most while tasking someone else with managing distribution.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
You’re known for multi-tasking on your films, having control over most every stage of production.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Herard would then send the frame to Royce to ensure that vocals were in pocket before tasking producers to add instrumentation.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The Lakers are going to have to square that cylinder, and figure out how they’re supposed to do more with less without tasking players like Hachimura with doing more.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
It is designed to enable operator decisions in real time, providing the human touch while teleoperating robotic systems and tasking them with complex autonomous functions.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Former President Biden selected his home state of Delaware as the site for his presidential library, tasking a group of friends and former aides with beginning a fundraising push to complete the venture.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Dec. 2025
There is an emergent view among cognitive psychologists that episodic memories are intrinsically visual in nature and, effectively, the brain is re-tasking the navigational parts that include knowing landmarks and their relative positions as a means of organizing memories.
—Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
The leagues’ position today looks a lot like ESPN’s 15 years ago, controlling what fans want most while tasking someone else with managing distribution.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Nov. 2025
You’re known for multi-tasking on your films, having control over most every stage of production.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
Herard would then send the frame to Royce to ensure that vocals were in pocket before tasking producers to add instrumentation.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
The Lakers are going to have to square that cylinder, and figure out how they’re supposed to do more with less without tasking players like Hachimura with doing more.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
It is designed to enable operator decisions in real time, providing the human touch while teleoperating robotic systems and tasking them with complex autonomous functions.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Former President Biden selected his home state of Delaware as the site for his presidential library, tasking a group of friends and former aides with beginning a fundraising push to complete the venture.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tasking
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Before dying of cancer in 2013, Chávez handpicked Maduro as his successor, entrusting him with a country already buckling under the weight of dependence on oil, and the realization that prosperity was coming to an end.—
Jorge Valencia,
NPR,
5 Jan. 2026
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His solo debut, Barbarian, made more than $45 million on a budget of less than $5 million, and now Warners was entrusting the actor turned director with a movie costing eight times that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Broncos offered video evidence showing Oden, a senior forward, committing five fouls — and referee David Walker making the wrong hand signal to the official scorer on his third, assigning it to sophomore forward Pharaoh Compton instead.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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Along the way, fans began assigning the corgi her own superstar nickname.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The backpack-sized system uses compact hydrogen fuel cells to deliver long-lasting, stable power for applications where charging infrastructure is limited or unavailable.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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According to charging documents, police were able to identify McKee by linking him to a car that arrived in the Tepes' neighborhood shortly before the murders and left just after the homicide.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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The Pitt gives us lots of reasons to be hesitant about trusting Al-Hashimi.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The entertainment writer and author shares Swift’s story of taking risks, like walking away from powerhouse label RCA to strike out with an unknown, unfunded new label, and of trusting her instincts when no one else did.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Tasking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasking. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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