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.
• His first choice for the assignment was Gaetz, who lasted all of eight days.
  — Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
• This is the most difficult assignment of the year for the Vikings, and there is much to prove.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• Buy it for someone and give them an assignment to watch them all in 2025.
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
• The airline is a low-cost carrier and charges for things like seat assignments, carry-on, and checked bags.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2024
• Many of his Times assignments took him to tropical areas.
  — David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
• He was designated for assignment by the Rays on Tuesday to make room for prospects joining their 40-man roster.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2022
• The first step comes with playing sound assignment football and limiting OSU’s explosive runs.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2022
• Shull pointed to the student assignment plan as his initial focus, while Glin pointed to violence and student discipline.
  — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2022
• As a result, 39 players recently designated for assignment by teams to create roster space wound up being non-tendered as well just days later.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 Nov. 2022
• Jan’s struggling with the assignment, to say the least.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 June 2024
• The 6-foot-3 guard, Billups said, held his own in that assignment.
  — oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2022
• Whoa, the retort goes, the assignment was likely a twofold process.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• 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
• In college, no one’s going to hunt you down for an assignment.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024