tasked

Example Sentences

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Chinese destroyers sailing past those bases today could, in war, be tasked with striking and destroying them, said Koh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

In November 2023, Trickett was tasked by Wai to arrange for high-profile Hong Kong activist Nathan Law to be followed when he was speaking at the Oxford Union student society.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

"Too much of today's fishing remains invisible to those tasked with managing our ocean," said Long, vowing the map would "transform scattered, fragmented data into actionable insights for policymakers".

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Grace plays the role of an unnamed NBC news anchor tasked with presenting to the world an archive of video evidence proving the existence of extraterrestrials on Earth stretching back decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Matthias Helvar was a drüskelle, one of the Fjerdan witchhunters tasked with hunting down Grisha to face trial and execution, though to her he’d always resembled a warrior Saint, illuminated in gold.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo