Example Sentences

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The tech company has tasked Amanda Askell with giving its chatbot, Claude, a sense of right and wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Israel has tasked a private contractor, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, with aid operations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

The FCC has tasked a private corporation with overseeing the fund’s day-to-day operations, though the agency itself makes all final decisions.

From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025

Jeff Bezos similarly has tasked Amazon with making a 40 million dollar documentary about Melania Trump as a token of his appreciation as well as a million dollar donation to the inauguration slush fund.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2025

The pharaoh, Thutmosis III, has tasked us to carve a large obelisk out of the granite.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman