1
as in entrusted
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning
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as in handed
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you
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as in believed
to regard as right or true
don't trust everything you read in the newspaper
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Recent Examples of trusted
That is why Jewish audiences trusted him.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
This model also detects natural gas leaks and is so trusted that more than 10,000 were purchased on Amazon in the last month alone.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
The police association, fire fighters association and many other unions should not be trusted.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The new leaders, trusted by top administration officials, are expected to smooth out problems that have added to chaos during a period of historic upheaval.
—Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
The Azo Bladder Control with Go-Less Daily Supplement is highly effective and trusted for controlling bladder leaks and frequent urges.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
All of Youngblood’s victims, some wealthy, some middle-class, trusted him.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people can’t be trusted around a bag of chips.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
One of the factors that gave Jarvis an edge was how much the coaches liked and trusted his game at the 4 Nations, according to league sources, plus his high pace of play.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
This model also detects natural gas leaks and is so trusted that more than 10,000 were purchased on Amazon in the last month alone.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
The police association, fire fighters association and many other unions should not be trusted.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The new leaders, trusted by top administration officials, are expected to smooth out problems that have added to chaos during a period of historic upheaval.
—Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
The Azo Bladder Control with Go-Less Daily Supplement is highly effective and trusted for controlling bladder leaks and frequent urges.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
All of Youngblood’s victims, some wealthy, some middle-class, trusted him.
—Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
Some people can’t be trusted around a bag of chips.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026
One of the factors that gave Jarvis an edge was how much the coaches liked and trusted his game at the 4 Nations, according to league sources, plus his high pace of play.
—Chris Johnston, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trusted
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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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With equal panache, and without cutting away, the narrative focus is handed like a baton in a relay race to the arriving Mayor Dumont (Josse De Pauw) and his daughter and press attaché Marie (Violet Braeckman).—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday handed Russia a tongue-in-cheek offer to end the war between the two countries at the Munich Security Conference.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
14 Feb. 2026
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The names listed are of those who reported a burglary and the dates are when the crime is believed to have taken place.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
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The two people brought to the hospital are believed to have been released, firefighters told Enquirer media partner Fox19.—
Cheryl Vari,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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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
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Applications are now being accepted through Locarno Pro until May 6, 2026.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Applications are being accepted through Wednesday, March 4.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Other concerns, Corrado notes, include the chance that an extremely sensitive DNA test could generate a DNA profile of someone who was never at a crime scene but whose DNA was transferred there by a family member or through other innocent means.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Once the blocks and spires of Palma faded into the distance, the 25-minute drive from the airport took me past crumbling homes, fields of curious farm animals, and not a soul in sight for miles at a time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Giggs took the games seriously and was usually on the winning side.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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But after that, the administration was terrified of losing Tang – Arkansas had been sniffing around – and in order to guarantee that the coach who had led a whopping 36 games in his lifetime wasn’t going anywhere, gave him a fresh new deal with a bunch more money.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Kaia Gerber gave her take on the latest iteration of the naked dress trend at the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Hollywood Palladium on February 15.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Trusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trusted. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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