consigned

past tense of consign

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of consigned One indication was that Dorothée Lalanne and Marie Lalanne consigned separate collections to be auctioned—Dorothée to Sotheby’s in 2021 and 2022 and Christie’s in 2024, and Marie to Christie’s in 2022. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026 Threats Are Outpacing Change In The Merchant Marine Complex and wide-ranging assaults on cargo vessels are consigned virtually every peacetime cargo-carrier’s operational assumptions into a messy obsolescence. — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Had he been exposed to a more run-of-the-mill pneumonic plague, symptom onset would have already consigned him to bed. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 Like the police report in Sebold’s assault, those cases had also been quickly consigned to the inactive file. — ProPublica, 14 July 2026 According to New York investigators, the vase was smuggled out of Italy by Fritz Burki and consigned for sale at Christie’s London before entering the museum’s collection. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026 The nation is already nearing last year’s record case total, and experts say the virus is forcing doctors to relearn a disease many thought had been consigned to history. — Lena H. Sun, Washington Post, 6 July 2026 From virtually the first frames, director Andrew Stanton is preoccupied with illustrating the melancholic condition of toys that have been consigned to the ash heap of history, or, at least, of childhood. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026 Following Allington’s death, his cars, including the Ferrari, were consigned to a Christie’s auction in December of 2002. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consigned
Verb
  • Miller later sent Harding into halftime with its seven-point lead after scoring on a 1-yard run with 18 seconds remaining in the second quarter.
    — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Skubal’s outing Friday sent him into the first-round bye on a high note.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Motorola invented the mobile phone, but by the time Brown was handed the reins, its cellphone business had been outpaced by Nokia and Samsung.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The award comes with a bounty of $34,466 (€30,000), which is handed to the lead producer of the winning film.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Those transactions generated more than $643,000, which Abplanalp then transferred to his personal account, prosecutors said.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Continue reading … TAX DOLLARS FOR HIRE — Suspects in Haitian president's assassination transferred to Miami, accused of funding plot with COVID fraud.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Menace can stand behind the DJ decks wearing the mask his family entrusted to him while his father performs inside the ring.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The second charge involved a package in January 2025, when prosecutors alleged Wallace embezzled a parcel entrusted to her as a Postal Service employee.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The company also highlighted that the latest production aircraft differ significantly from the Su-57s delivered during the early period of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • However, code is the output of a single stage, whereas a team’s result is a feature that has reached production and delivered value.
    — Illia Smoliienko, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
  • Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Once agents handled the assembly, those same people were making ranging decisions that had previously been delegated to gut feel.
    — Ali Alkhafaji, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • As of Thursday, the district did not respond to the Star-Telegram’s request for comment on cuts to dual-credit coordinators and how responsibilities have been delegated.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Consigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consigned. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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