CONSIGNING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

consigning

verb

present participle of consign

as in sending

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another consigned the prisoner to the dungeon

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as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor

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Recent Examples of consigning The family members either submitted to the indignities—the false testimony, the obscene bullet fees—or were asked for bribes as high as $7,000 to avoid consigning their relatives to mass graves. —

Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026 If splashy headlines are to be believed, artificial intelligence is already consigning new graduates to a life of unemployment. —

Revana Sharfuddin, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026 Seven years ago, Lyon ran Barcelona ragged in their first women’s Champions League final, consigning them to a 4-1 defeat. —

Megan Feringa, New York Times, 23 May 2026 Suh described consigning the piece as a natural extension of his longtime support of the Yale School of Art. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Hitler comes to power; Lajos, by now a regional administrator, reluctantly carries out the Nazis’ orders, consigning the local Jewish population to death; Ilona and her husband flee to America by way of Switzerland. —

Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026 For instance, Disney Plus has developed companion podcasts for Only Murders in the Building, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Tell Me Lies, and that strategy has the benefit of attaching these podcasts to the actual content instead of consigning it to the walled garden Netflix had created. —

Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026 Those who despise Bacharach’s fluting tunes and David’s simple — if emotive — lyrics, consigning them to often denigrated genres such as easy listening, elevator music, adult contemporary or luxe pop. —

Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026 There are many who thought this day would never come, who feared that we would be condemned only to a future of less with every election consigning us simply to more of the same. —

Time Video, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

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Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked Trump whether sending Vance to Geneva, Switzerland, to sign the memorandum of understanding on Friday gives him a scapegoat in case the negotiations fall apart.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 17 June 2026
In July and August of 2023, record rainfall overwhelmed aging sewer systems across parts of the West Side, sending water rushing into basements and destroying property.

— Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 17 June 2026