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trusted

  • past participle of trust.
  • past tense form of trust.

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Congress is crying out for a dedicated White House ambassador—someone who can be trusted to speak for the president, to yea or nay ideas, to shuttle proposals, to wrangle rebels in line.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

A June 2026 poll from the Kyiv Institute of Sociology said Fedorov ranked among the country's most trusted public figures.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

If your mother had a trusted individual carrying out duties of power of attorney, those duties expire at the moment of her death.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

"But if it's a curfew that prevents a child in need of support or help or comfort reaching out to trusted sources in the middle of the night, I think that's quite harmful potentially."

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

She even trusted Garth to be alone in the room while she took some papers down to the office.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney