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as in entrusted
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 allotted
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in ceded
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 appointed
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 assigned
The seven Benton County circuit judges recused from the case, and it has been assigned to Jim Spears, a retired circuit judge.
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Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
The case has been assigned to the court’s debt collection calendar.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Among them was Monika Kvarngard, assigned to Klara, then considered Stockholm’s most violent district and the setting chosen for the series.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Thirty-three of the 51 analysts that cover Apple have a strong buy or buy on shares, and just two analysts have assigned the stock a sell rating or the equivalent, per LSEG.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That $6,100 figure includes all costs—not just sequencing but also sampling and the other stages needed to produce a finished genome, with all of the genes identified and assigned to chromosomes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
If Zacha plays center, Fraser Minten would be assigned to AHL Providence.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
The case has been assigned to the court’s debt collection calendar.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Among them was Monika Kvarngard, assigned to Klara, then considered Stockholm’s most violent district and the setting chosen for the series.
—Isadora Wandermurem, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Thirty-three of the 51 analysts that cover Apple have a strong buy or buy on shares, and just two analysts have assigned the stock a sell rating or the equivalent, per LSEG.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
The multiplier is automatically included and randomly assigned for every play at the time of purchase.
—Tanya Wildt, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
That $6,100 figure includes all costs—not just sequencing but also sampling and the other stages needed to produce a finished genome, with all of the genes identified and assigned to chromosomes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
If Zacha plays center, Fraser Minten would be assigned to AHL Providence.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigned
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For simple crowd and traffic control situations, our peace officers are entrusted with the discretion needed to ensure safety and order.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Sep. 2025
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Her father's older siblings stepped in to take care of Nichols' birth siblings, while her grandmother and another aunt were entrusted with her care.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Bayern were allotted the hardest draw of the league phase by Opta’s fixture difficulty metric and still have to take on PSG and Arsenal.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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The amount varies each day because every country is different, but each team is allotted the same amount.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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There were the obvious errors — 19 in the final 29 games of the season — that ceded free bases, provided extra runners and prolonged innings.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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In fact, the Dolphins have ceded three touchdowns to quarterbacks through three games.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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Kathryn Nester, a former federal public defender with more than 30 years of experience, was appointed to be Robinson's attorney on Wednesday, according to a Utah County spokesperson.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The new spending reflects efforts by Chief Executive Officer Antonio Filosa, who was appointed to the top job in May, to recalibrate investments across regions, the people said.—
Gabrielle Coppola,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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And Dumond is tasked with working with Ross.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Probably the most dangerous part came up when Ben acted as a nanny for baby doll, tasked with taking care of a baby as Detwiler acted to head out for a party.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, according to the health policy research nonprofit KFF, less than 1% of total Medicaid spending was allocated to emergency Medicaid for undocumented immigrants in fiscal year 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Veterans Benefits Administration has received advance appropriations since 2017 and any carryover balances in discretionary accounts can be allocated for current operations, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.—
C. A. Bridges,
Freep.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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He was sent to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane (part of what is now the Dodge Correctional Institution) in Waupun and later transferred to the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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He was sent to Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane (part of what is now the Dodge Correctional Institution) in Waupun and later transferred to the Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison.—
JR Radcliffe,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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In 2023, the Biden administration nominated her as ambassador to Colombia, one of the top diplomatic posts in Latin America.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Busfield was the only member of the ensemble to be nominated at the Emmys for all four years, winning Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for the final season.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Assigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigned. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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