Example Sentences

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Pratt tasked a handful of executives to work with him on what became known as The McDonald’s Division, or TMD for short.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The center was tasked with analyzing Moonbug’s content and crafting the learning principles to guide the studio’s future preschool programming, which also includes the “Blippi” and “Little Angel” franchises.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Almost 30 years later, Tuchel is now the England manager tasked with doing what Hoddle and so many others failed to do - win the World Cup for the Three Lions.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I tasked each of them to craft an individual curated playlist for whatever occasion or mood they wanted to evoke for the summer.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

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