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[en-truhst] / ɛnˈtrʌst /


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Some takeaways from Elm as we entrust more of our lives to AI: The models understood better than most humans how to size simple bets like coin flips.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Murrin’s case highlights pitfalls that lurk when people entrust someone with their taxes, according to Olson.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

When we entrust digital platforms with our biometric data, we hand over unique, irreplaceable biological identifiers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

But his absence left USC to entrust defensive line coach Eric Henderson to step into a role he wasn’t expecting.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

“I know if it was me,” continued Foaly, “and I had one chance, just one chance, to book my behind a seat on that Council, I certainly wouldn’t entrust my future to a troll.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

Constitution entrusts Congress with the power to “declare war.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Pope Francis entrusts all of us with this task.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Our legal system entrusts trial judges with a wide swath of discretionary decisions in ruling on evidence, framing jury instructions, and controlling other facets of the cases they try, with barely any appellate supervision.

From Slate Jan. 16, 2024

That’s especially true for the police to whom the public entrusts great power.

From Seattle Times Aug. 6, 2023

"He entrusts some small matters to us, to lighten his load."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

“We are honored to be entrusted as the next stewards of the Seattle Seahawks,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The National Symphony did pull off the premiere of Peter Boyer’s “American Mosaic,” and it was to the Altadena composer that Philadelphia, this time around, entrusted its Declaration of Independence commemoration.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 2, 2026

Romain told Le Parisien last week that, a few days after his mother's disappearance, Garcia entrusted him to his father, who was by then living in Madrid with a wife and children.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

In Stewart’s view, what a jury was not to be trusted to do without the guidance given in the Georgia statute, they could now be entrusted to do.

From Slate Jun. 8, 2026

She leaned closer, and the medallion that Sister Ailan had entrusted her with tumbled out over the collar of her tunic, as if it had been pulled.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

As these concerns mount, few in the industry have addressed the character of their AI models in quite the same way as 5-year-old Anthropic: by entrusting a single person with so much of the task.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

He flies around Texas in a private jet, but it belongs to the much wealthier people entrusting him to handle their business.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

So Musselman took “a leap of faith,” entrusting things would be different with Rice.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

Even his inner circle has been intimidated by his strategy of entrusting command of the army to his closest associates and giving Israeli operatives the job of training elite troops and his personal security detail.

From Barron's Oct. 9, 2025

Then she places all the books next to me, very carefully, like they are precious rubies she is entrusting to me.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar




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