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as in to task
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing
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as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts
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as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city
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Recent Examples of assign
Southwest executives have been under pressure to boost revenue by adopting bag fees, assigning seats, offering premium seating, and other practices used by their bigger competitors.
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Following a horrific incident that destroys what’s left of his emotional stability, he is assigned to a high-profile cold case that forces him to confront his inadequacies.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 May 2025
The officer is assigned to the New Haven Shooting Task Force.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Change of clothes ▪ Paper maps ▪ Medicine and prescriptions
▪ First-aid kit
▪ Cash
Family emergency plan
▪ Emergency contact information: Miami-Dade County advises assigning a contact person for family members to call in an emergency.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Following a horrific incident that destroys what’s left of his emotional stability, he is assigned to a high-profile cold case that forces him to confront his inadequacies.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 May 2025
The officer is assigned to the New Haven Shooting Task Force.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2025
Change of clothes ▪ Paper maps ▪ Medicine and prescriptions
▪ First-aid kit
▪ Cash
Family emergency plan
▪ Emergency contact information: Miami-Dade County advises assigning a contact person for family members to call in an emergency.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assign
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As state and federal arts funding diminishes, arts organizations are tasked with finding individual donors to continue functioning.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
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Devon is now tasked with taking care of their ailing father (Bill Camp), who’s been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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But historic treaties allotted annual allocations of 7.5 million acre-feet to each domestic basin, as well as 1.5 million acre-feet to Mexico.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
27 May 2025
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When there’s a gap in the meeting schedule, take your golf cart (one is allotted to every room) out for a spin.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In some ways, NASA has long been moving in this direction, beginning with initiatives ceding most launch services to private industry in the 1990s.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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The Denali Commission took on project management responsibilities in 2016 but ceded control to the BIA three years ago after the agency announced a $25 million grant funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.—
Emily Schwing,
ProPublica,
29 May 2025
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In 2000, he was appointed NYPD commissioner by Giuliani.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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He was then appointed Juventus head coach in the summer of 2014, replacing Antonio Conte, and winning the Italian top-flight in each of his five seasons in charge between 2014-15 and 2018-19, while also reaching the Champions League final in 2015 and 2017.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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And that means a lot to me as someone who has been entrusted to be the custodian of his story.—
Allen Salkin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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Named after Tom Vernon Harrison, a local headteacher who led a fundraising drive to save the pitch from development in 1928, the plot was entrusted to the school sports charity, which became Leeds Schools Sports Association (LSSA), with covenants in its deeds to protect its use for sport.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Cleveland, which is already due to pay the luxury tax next season, might be forced to lose a role player such as Sam Merrill or Ty Jerome after allocating additional millions of dollars to Mobley.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
23 May 2025
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The housing association is an independent nonprofit created by the Legislature and tasked with allocating these credits.—
Rose Evans,
Idaho Statesman,
23 May 2025
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The Department of Agriculture’s Poultry and Animal Health then stepped in and transferred the chicks to the First State Animal Center and SPCA.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Investigators said the money generated from the narcotics trafficking was taken to a broker in Brooklyn, New York, before it was laundered and transferred to Aguilar-Linares and others.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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Individuals and teams are nominated via an online application.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Morehouse’s faculty and students had nominated Hubert for the honorary degree, according to the college president.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
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“Assign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assign. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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