entrusted

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OpenAI’s board believed that “Altman’s role entrusted him with the future of humanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Basketball is harsh on its youngest stars—multi-billion dollar franchises entrusted to people not old enough to order a glass of Beaujolais.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Realizing he’d be unable to direct his fictionalized childhood remembrance, he entrusted it to his mentee Akin, the firebrand behind modern German classics such as “Head-On” and “In the Fade.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

He called CNN's bosses "corrupt or incompetent" and said they should not be entrusted to run the network.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

“The boy was embarrassed, and confessed that he had observed nothing. His only concern had been not to spill the oil that the wise man had entrusted to him. “

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho