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as in to entrust
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
trusted the eldest child with walking the dog every morning
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as in to hand
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
I wouldn't trust my wallet with a complete stranger if I were you
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as in to believe
to regard as right or true
don't trust everything you read in the newspaper
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as in confidence
firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something
a relationship of mutual trust between lawyer and client
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as in cartel
a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage
government lawyers argued against allowing the telephone companies to merge, asserting that such a merger would result in a trust that would stifle competition
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as in custody
responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something
left her cat in the trust of her neighbors while she was on vacation
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as in credit
the right to take possession of goods before paying for them
the neighborhood grocer will occasionally sell on trust to his regular customers when they don't have the cash on hand
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Recent Examples of trust
Melody Chiu, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
By calling for looser oversight of these compounds, RFK Jr. is signaling that patients should no longer trust the FDA’s judgments of what is safe.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
The new Labour government, which took over in July after 14 years of rival Conservative rule, wants to rebuild trust and put an end to the recent confrontation.
—Silvia Amaro, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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Thank you for trusting me with my part of your vision.
—Melody Chiu, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
By calling for looser oversight of these compounds, RFK Jr. is signaling that patients should no longer trust the FDA’s judgments of what is safe.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
The orange represents success, determination, and creativity while the blue stands for trust, loyalty, and sincerity and strength.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
The new Labour government, which took over in July after 14 years of rival Conservative rule, wants to rebuild trust and put an end to the recent confrontation.
—Silvia Amaro, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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On the other hand, the specifically Colombian perspective was entrusted to Laura Mora, known for directing projects such as Pablo Escobar: El patrón del mal and The Kings of the World, a film about young people displaced to the countryside as a result of violence in Medellín.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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Kate Middleton and Prince William and tapped Pilkington as their private photographer for their wedding in 2011, and have entrusted her in the years that followed to take the birthday portraits of their children, Prince George, 11 Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.Janine Henni, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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How Creighton handed Kansas a loss Kansas entered Wednesday’s road game against Creighton as the No. 1 team in the nation, and an undefeated one at that.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Soros recently handed control over his multibillion-dollar Open Society Foundations over to his son, Alex Soros, following the 2022 midterm elections.Scott Walter, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2024
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Police located the car at the intersection of Fulton Street and Washington Avenue, and the car took off once the driver, a woman believed to be the mother of the baby, noticed a police car.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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The suspect caught a cab around 7 a.m. on the Upper West Side and was seen on video at an uptown bus station about 45 minutes later, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said, adding police believe the suspect had left the city.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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As his legal team has said before, Mr. Combs has full confidence in the facts and the integrity of the judicial process.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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The leaders of tomorrow will be those who embrace AI as a catalyst for growth, guiding their organizations with vision, agility, and confidence.William Arruda, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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French musical film Emilia Pérez, which tells the story of a Mexican drug cartel leader who undergoes gender-affirming surgery, landed 10 nominations at the Critics Choice Awards, which were announced on Thursday morning.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 12 Dec. 2024
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Law enforcement actions against big banks such as TD Bank have resulted in large fines such as, in 2012 when HSBC was fined $1.9 billion for laundering money for drug cartels, terrorist organizations and sanctioned countries such as Iran and North Korea.Steve Weisman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was taken into custody at the Mill Creek Ranch Resort, an RV park in Canton, Texas, about 30 miles east of Terrell, according to the outlet.Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mangione was taken into custody in Altoona, Penn., on Dec. 9 after he was recognized at a McDonald’s and reported to local authorities.Nik Popli, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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And there has been no allegation that the credits Long claimed for his clients were inappropriate.Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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One estimate has found that increasing the credit to $5,000 per child would cost between $106 billion and $241 billion in 2025.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The recommendation to kill the crash-reporting rule came from a transition team tasked with producing a 100-day strategy for automotive policy.Jarrett Renshaw, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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During Ashley Tisdale’s episode of Open Door, the actor turned designer admitted to tasking her husband with buying extra books to fill the shelves in their living room at the last minute.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Trust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trust. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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