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as in tasks
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 allots
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in cedes
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 appoints
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 assigns
An organization that hires for potential and then assigns only narrow, low-risk work has not given potential a chance to prove itself.
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Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Accompaniment assigns first priority to those in greatest need and those most likely to be left out of dignified and decent treatment.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
The market currently assigns about a 41% probability rates are unchanged at year-end, with a 42% chance of one quarter-point hike and 14% of a 50 basis point increase, according to CME FedWatch.
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Justina Lee,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
The new office assigns one patrol officer to the mall around the clock and two COPS officers to downtown Columbia throughout the week.
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Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
How Cycle Syncing Works Cycle syncing divides the roughly 28-day menstrual cycle into four hormonal phases and assigns different foods, workouts and work priorities to each.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Objection assigns a human investigator — at the $2,000 price tier, a college graduate; for $10,000, a former CIA or FBI agent — to gather evidence, which is displayed as exhibits.
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Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
The league assigns electronic devices to employees to be used for work purposes, and teams ordinarily do the same with their employees.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2026
Then the team assigns a wage value to each discrete task by cross-referencing ADP’s payroll data.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
Accompaniment assigns first priority to those in greatest need and those most likely to be left out of dignified and decent treatment.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
The market currently assigns about a 41% probability rates are unchanged at year-end, with a 42% chance of one quarter-point hike and 14% of a 50 basis point increase, according to CME FedWatch.
—
Justina Lee,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
The new office assigns one patrol officer to the mall around the clock and two COPS officers to downtown Columbia throughout the week.
—
Jt Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
How Cycle Syncing Works Cycle syncing divides the roughly 28-day menstrual cycle into four hormonal phases and assigns different foods, workouts and work priorities to each.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
Objection assigns a human investigator — at the $2,000 price tier, a college graduate; for $10,000, a former CIA or FBI agent — to gather evidence, which is displayed as exhibits.
—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2026
The league assigns electronic devices to employees to be used for work purposes, and teams ordinarily do the same with their employees.
—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2026
Then the team assigns a wage value to each discrete task by cross-referencing ADP’s payroll data.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigns
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Team JavaJuice is a team organized for FIRST Tech Challenge, a program that tasks students and their mentors with a hands-on engineering challenge of building and programming competitive, classroom-scale robots for a game that is released annually in September.
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Hence the brand tasks perfumers to encapsulate mundane episodes in bottles.
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When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen.
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Lean too far toward caution and a firm cedes ground to bolder rivals and to the automation-first newcomers.
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That’s what happens when the hegemon cedes hegemony.
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Investors will be watching closely to see whom Burnham appoints to replace Rachel Reeves as the country’s finance minister, a move that is widely expected, analysts told CNN.
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In addition to removing the commission’s direct authority over the chief job, Houston — who devised his proposal with Council President Kevin Jenkins — sought to eliminate a selection panel that appoints four of the commission’s members, allowing the council to handpick them instead.
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And Curry entrusts his considerable talent to Kerr, who can look at his star point guard and just about diagnose his disposition.
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The host of the massacre is the powerful tycoon Chester Danforth (filmmaker David Cronenberg), a hotel and casino impresario, who entrusts the actual event planning to his adult children, twins Ursula and Titus (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy).
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According to experts, a balanced portfolio usually allocates between 0% and 15% in precious metals, with most of this allocation being in gold.
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So leadership allocates budget, buys a new AI tool and rolls it out with their fingers crossed.
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Journalists are critical to weaving together a public narrative that conveys the magic of the games, the beauty of teamwork, and the skill of sportsmanship.
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Emma D’Arcy imbues Rhaenyra’s every line with a breathless giddiness that conveys the character’s reckless naivete.
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Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it.
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Under Iran’s system, the president traditionally nominates an intelligence minister only after securing approval from the supreme leader.
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“Assigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigns. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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