How to Use assignment in a Sentence

assignment

noun

• The reporter is here on assignment.
• The reporter is here on an assignment.
• She asked if she could change her seating assignment.
• The students were given a homework assignment.
• The reporter's assignment is to interview the candidate.
• The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.
• Again, burnout doesn’t come from just one super busy month or demanding assignment.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
• In a final assignment, their former editor asked them to scatter her ashes in the Yangtze River.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2024
• The couple went on to date long distance while Bret worked in Washington D.C. and took assignments abroad.
  — Alex Gurley, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
• The Dodgers’ decision to designate Bauer for assignment marks the end of his tenure with one of baseball’s marquee teams.
  — Chelsea Janes and Gus Garcia-Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
• This particular assignment allowed Vang to repurpose a traditional recipe and put his own spin on it.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
• For Moehringer, that collaborative assignment came as a familiar task.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
• Crew-assignment software at the heart of Southwest’s holiday disruption was similarly in the process of being updated, the airline said.
  — Belle Lin, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• Jan’s struggling with the assignment, to say the least.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2024
• The initial scope might be an eight hours per day, two-week assignment.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• That assignment is only one item on a busy dance card for Nichols.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
• The copyright assignment for all rights to the screenplay was struck with Lady Amos and Hill, the lawsuit said.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Meaning 007 could be on its assignment for a very long time.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2023
• And the assignments always aim to solve a local problem.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• That assignment never came, so Temple moved back to Paris on his own in 1796.
  — Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• The base fare may not include checked or carry-on bags, or seat assignment.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
• Yep, the same guy who was twice designated for assignment by the Rangers, once by the Red Sox, and twice traded.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2023
• You're required to take on-call and overtime assignments on the weekend.
  — Caitlin Kelly, WIRED, 15 Apr. 2024
• The first assignment Diesel gave her was to organize a Labor Day barbecue for some of the film’s cast and crew.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
• Noah Song is six games into his rehab assignment with the Phillies and hit 93 miles per hour in his last game in Double A.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• Strassburger is forty, and Brownsville is his first assignment in the priesthood.
  — Jack Herrera, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2024
• Her first assignment featured a new character, the Cat, now known as Tigra.
  — George Gene Gustines, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Nevin is 7 for 13 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and two RBIs during his rehab assignment.
  — Kristie Rieken, Chron, 5 Apr. 2023
• My first writing assignment happened on the second day of camp.
  — Hannah Smith, oregonlive, 21 July 2023
• The 6-3 Brennan drew the defensive assignment against Clark.
  — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024