tasking

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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 off production times 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

The US and South Korea accuse North Korea of tasking thousands of staff to take on multiple well-paid western roles remotely to earn money for the regime and avoid sanctions.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024

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