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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
Earlier this month, Piper Sandler also initiated coverage of Take-Two , assigning the stock an overweight rating.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The media blitz shocked some at City Hall, who believed Crowley should have waited until the emergency was over before publicly assigning blame.
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David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The Space Force keeps assigning launches to SpaceX that its only competitor cannot do.
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Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
People are fired up in the comment section, with many assigning blame.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Dolin recommends assigning responsibilities clearly from the start.
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Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
Rather than assigning professional travel journalists to carry out the reporting and writing, the brand recruited local tastemakers and characters.
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John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
Once in flight, the plan would rely on the missiles cooperating by sharing target data, sorting real ships from decoys, assigning themselves to different targets, and attacking from different angles.
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Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Just days into the COVID-19 lockdown, Baker was thrust into this new role, assigning technology, implementing health protocols, and serving the basics.
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Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The media blitz shocked some at City Hall, who believed Crowley should have waited until the emergency was over before publicly assigning blame.
—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
The Space Force keeps assigning launches to SpaceX that its only competitor cannot do.
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Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
People are fired up in the comment section, with many assigning blame.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Dolin recommends assigning responsibilities clearly from the start.
—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
15 June 2026
Rather than assigning professional travel journalists to carry out the reporting and writing, the brand recruited local tastemakers and characters.
—
John Wogan,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
Once in flight, the plan would rely on the missiles cooperating by sharing target data, sorting real ships from decoys, assigning themselves to different targets, and attacking from different angles.
—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
Just days into the COVID-19 lockdown, Baker was thrust into this new role, assigning technology, implementing health protocols, and serving the basics.
—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigning
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Brisson is arguably the sport’s biggest agent, and Trocheck — after nearly getting dealt at the March trade deadline — is entrusting him to facilitate a desirable move this summer.
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After, Roelker earned the confidence of Musk and a key lieutenant, Mark Juncosa, who began entrusting him with increasingly important projects, including flight software for Falcon Heavy, Crew Dragon, early versions of Starship, and, of course, the Starlink Internet constellation.
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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
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The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
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As Jimmy is looking for options to simultaneously cut costs and jettison the property entirely, Sydney is trying to figure out how to do a dinner service with a pantry that’s nearly empty and a former mentor/partner/colleague, in Carmy, who is very bad at actually ceding control.
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Eight years ago, from the same spot, Brooks Koepka elected to chip across the green into a front bunker, essentially ceding a bogey instead of risking a double, triple or worse.
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Now Starmer is going due to unpopularity, largely self-inflicted, after policy errors including scrapping the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance, hitting small farmers with inheritance tax increases and appointing a close friend of the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein as ambassador to Washington.
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The schism prompted Faye to fire Sonko and dissolve his government before appointing new ministers.
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This year, the county board has affirmed its intention to use little to no reserves to balance the fiscal year 2027 budget, tasking members with finding other ways to balance it.
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Last year, New Jersey passed a law allowing digital driver's licenses and tasking the state's Motor Vehicle Commission with developing and implementing them.
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With hyperscalers allocating more than $725 billion to capital expenditures, suppliers are directing production capacity to high-bandwidth memory for AI servers, which earns far more profit per wafer, noted The Wall Street Journal.
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Experts suggest allocating between 0% and 15% of an investment portfolio to precious metals like gold.
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
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The Coast Guard towed one boat to Queen’s Landing near Buckingham Fountain, and took the other vessel in tow, transferring its passengers to the Chicago Marine Police Department headquarters, the press release said.
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Democrats did manage to avoid nominating a controversial pick in the somewhat competitive 35th Congressional District.
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Stewart’s future is timely because Connecticut Republicans will be nominating a candidate for governor at the state party’s convention at the Mohegan Sun casino on Saturday.
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“Assigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigning. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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