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
Herard would then send the frame to Royce to ensure that vocals were in pocket before tasking producers to add instrumentation.
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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
Ballad is backdropped by the city’s infamous casinos, which also proved tasking.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 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
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
Ballad is backdropped by the city’s infamous casinos, which also proved tasking.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 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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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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Wang Jingtao, a deputy director of China’s Cyberspace Administration, said the deal could include methods such as entrusting the operation of TikTok’s US user data and content security services, as well as licensing its algorithms and intellectual property rights.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Presented in Milan earlier this month, CCI assessed 20 fashion companies showing at Milan Fashion Week last month, drawing data from 11 platforms in 50 countries and assigning a score between 0 and 100 according to the three pillars of brand popularity, brand involvement and purchase intent.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Detroit’s first wireless charging roadway and UCLA’s expanding project for multi-user EV transit hubs reflect rising federal support, with more expansion planned through 2026.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Both Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk have made billions charging as much for these drugs as the market will allow.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
7 Nov. 2025
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That said, trusting the process when conversations and commitments feel uncertain is part of your challenge this month.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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Momentum came when Alabama’s manager, Dale Morris, took Chesney under his wing, the two trusting each other enough to not formalize it with a contract.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Tasking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tasking. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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