Thesaurus results for TASKED

tasked

verb

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 Seven of Chicago’s 17 runs, including three homers, came against first baseman Andrew Vaughn, who was tasked with covering two innings in a lopsided Milwaukee loss. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Also Monday, Chicago Board of Ethics Executive Director Steve Berlin retired after 33 years serving in the body tasked with making sure officials and employees are practicing good government. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 She was tasked with reinvigorating a brand that had become an unsolved equation after a slew of less memorable stints from designers including Gabriela Hearst and Natacha Ramsay-Levi. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026 Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026 On Prison Break, the steely-eyed William Fichtner played relentless FBI agent Alexander Mahone, who is tasked with hunting the main characters down. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026 Sabrowski was tasked with retiring Josh Rojas — who was pinch-hitting for Tyler Tolbert. — Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 Gonzalez will be tasked with getting the defending MLS champions back on track heading into the final stretch of the regular season and the playoffs. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 The Vigiles were also tasked with maintaining public order at night, and their nearby barracks used water from an aqueduct. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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entrusted

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District 203 is entrusted with hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer resources.

— Jennifer Bruzan Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Throughout his career, Satsky has been entrusted with highly confidential information involving some of the largest and most significant transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, his lawyer, Anello said.

— Chase Jordan August 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 Aug. 2026

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