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  • past tense form of task.
  • past participle of task.
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tasked



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The people tasked with the job of finding a usable vein and securing an IV are not phlebotomists with specialized training or nurses.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Unlike similar commissions in other countries, the Swedish commission was not tasked with proposing potential reconciliation efforts.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

For the rest of us, the corrosion of a 37,000-person-strong crimefighting force tasked with investigating everything from terrorism to corruption is arguably a threat to public safety.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

He tasked Hocherman with developing a U.S.-made luxury game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

From a parent’s point of view, it wasn’t a bad way to raise teenagers—knowing that a set of watchful adults was trailing them at all times, tasked with extricating them from any sort of emergency.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama



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