tasking
- present participle of task.
Example Sentences
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The U.S. military is using nonstandard contracts and tasking defense contractors to design new weapons from scratch to cut years of production time and hundreds of millions of dollars off their cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Manchester United confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season on Tuesday, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the Champions League.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Google is acquiring Intersect’s workforce and gigawatts of active joint projects, while tasking the company with developing new technologies to expand the energy supply for U.S. data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
This sequel returns players to The Forbidden Lands, tasking them with, er, hunting monsters of increasing size and strength.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
Neither gentleman spoke, for each was silently tasking his wits how to accomplish the passage most rapidly.
From The Story of Kennett by Taylor, Bayard
