- present participle of task.
tasking
Example Sentences
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The U.S. military is using nonstandard contracts and tasking defense contractors to design new weapons from scratch to cut years of production time and hundreds of millions of dollars off their cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Manchester United confirmed Michael Carrick as interim manager until the end of the season on Tuesday, tasking him with leading the Red Devils back into the Champions League.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Google is acquiring Intersect’s workforce and gigawatts of active joint projects, while tasking the company with developing new technologies to expand the energy supply for U.S. data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 22, 2025
"They had to strip out all the medical equipment, and re-task it for a military tasking," says Cathal Berry, a former deputy commander of the Rangers Wing.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
This at least was not arrogant; the man who is sensible of his own weakness, is safe by not tasking it to the proof.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
