trust
noun
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
have trusted
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present perfectof trust.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“In order to do that, you have to have trusted benchmarks,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
She said she would not have trusted a chaperone enough to confide in them, a problem exacerbated by the pandemic, and that "young people are even less likely to trust authority".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
When asked about the names of officials who had withheld information from the public, Mamdani said, "this goes across a multitude of those that New Yorkers have trusted."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Military families and service members have trusted us to share their experience with the world,” she said.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
And if he didn’t want to believe me, he should have trusted the teachers who called the hotline so many times.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
