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A second order will task US officials with formulating a policy on transgender troops.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

Poles are waiting to see whom President Andrzej Duda will task with forming a government.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined on Monday that Mr. Gershkovich was wrongfully detained, a designation that elevates his case and will task a segment of the State Department with gaining his release.

From Washington Times • Apr. 12, 2023

They will task the telescope with a range of inquiries: looking for ice-covered oceans on Uranus’s 27 moons, searching for elusive medium-size black holes, and resolving conflicting measurements of the expansion rate of the universe.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 11, 2021

Men, women, and children, there is enough to do, and that which will task us all to our utmost strength and capacity.

From Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various