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entrusting

  • present participle
    of entrust.
    entrust
    verb (used with object)
    to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust.

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Asked about entrusting such a project to Riyadh despite criticism of its human rights record, his office said: "At no point, when we attract a project, do we seek to lecture others."

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

"I am deeply grateful to His Majesty The King for entrusting me with this responsibility and for granting me access to her papers, " Dr Keay said.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

To do that, she has to leave home, separating herself from her upbringing and entrusting SaraLee to her family’s care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

As these concerns mount, few in the industry have addressed the character of their AI models in quite the same way as 5-year-old Anthropic: by entrusting a single person with so much of the task.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

Then she places all the books next to me, very carefully, like they are precious rubies she is entrusting to me.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar