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as in entrusting
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 allotting
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in ceding
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 appointing
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 assigning
One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
In the Thursday hearing, Friedman set Curran’s bond at $6,000, assigning a $1,000 for the injunction violation and $5,000 for the battery, records show.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Certainly there are some high schools that are still assigning and engaging with The Great Gatsby in full.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Traders on Polymarket were assigning just a 26% chance that the duties will be upheld, posing additional questions.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Emily suggests naming the chickens, which just means assigning them to various RHOC cast members.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Presented in Milan earlier this month, CCI assessed 20 fashion companies showing at Milan Fashion Week last month, drawing data from 11 platforms in 50 countries and assigning a score between 0 and 100 according to the three pillars of brand popularity, brand involvement and purchase intent.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The company’s only formal tie at NC State is a consent agreement assigning the school the obligations for paying existing NIL contracts that were entered into by Blueprint’s 1Pack Collective.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025
In the Thursday hearing, Friedman set Curran’s bond at $6,000, assigning a $1,000 for the injunction violation and $5,000 for the battery, records show.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Certainly there are some high schools that are still assigning and engaging with The Great Gatsby in full.
—Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
Traders on Polymarket were assigning just a 26% chance that the duties will be upheld, posing additional questions.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Emily suggests naming the chickens, which just means assigning them to various RHOC cast members.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
The clip shows Detwiler assigning cooking chores to the G1 humanoid in the first few seconds.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Presented in Milan earlier this month, CCI assessed 20 fashion companies showing at Milan Fashion Week last month, drawing data from 11 platforms in 50 countries and assigning a score between 0 and 100 according to the three pillars of brand popularity, brand involvement and purchase intent.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
The company’s only formal tie at NC State is a consent agreement assigning the school the obligations for paying existing NIL contracts that were entered into by Blueprint’s 1Pack Collective.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigning
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His solo debut, Barbarian, made more than $45 million on a budget of less than $5 million, and now Warners was entrusting the actor turned director with a movie costing eight times that.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Nov. 2025
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Wang Jingtao, a deputy director of China’s Cyberspace Administration, said the deal could include methods such as entrusting the operation of TikTok’s US user data and content security services, as well as licensing its algorithms and intellectual property rights.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
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In 1959, Prince Edward County, Virginia, closed its public schools for five years, diverting tax monies to build a K-12 private academy for 1,400 white students and allotting their families tuition grants.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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There could also be travel issues, so allotting ourselves an extra half hour to get to a destination helps lessen anxiety and stress.—
Lisa Stardust,
Refinery29,
6 Nov. 2025
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The hosts, after ceding control of Game 1, pressed Miami and made the match scrappy.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Putin on November 4 signed a decree, appointing a more junior official, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, to head up the delegation.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Herard would then send the frame to Royce to ensure that vocals were in pocket before tasking producers to add instrumentation.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The Lakers are going to have to square that cylinder, and figure out how they’re supposed to do more with less without tasking players like Hachimura with doing more.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Grossmont board focuses on grantmaking, allocating funds from property tax levies for a range of programs.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Oral arguments, typically constrained to an hour (allocating 30 minutes for each side), will be expanded, underscoring the gravity and complexity of the case.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Nov. 2025
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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That could involve upgrading technology or equipment, or transferring locations to new operators.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
10 Nov. 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Assigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigning. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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