How to Use reassign in a Sentence

reassign

verb
  • Eight of the initial group have quit or asked to be reassigned.
    Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Trump left the post and reassigned it to Trump Jr. less than five months later, on June 7.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Levesque was later moved out of the bomb squad — reassigned but not fired.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • The Sharks reassigned Scott Sabourin back to the Barracuda.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Rather than promptly restart the case by reassigning it to a ...
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 16 July 2024
  • Apparently, there was a change in the type of plane and our seats were reassigned.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The court ruled that Scott was within his right to reassign cases.
    Gregory Lemos and Kay Jones, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
  • The county came out and said he was reassigned, I was just reassigned to my house.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • About 45 staff were affected, many of whom will be reassigned to the two new centers.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • Integral shut down last spring, and the courts reassigned its wards to other guardians.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2024
  • A day later Donofrio was reassigned to a work at a district warehouse.
    Carlos Suarez, CNN, 13 June 2024
  • How could the Allies persuade the Nazis to move troops out of the way and reassign them to places where they weren’t actually needed?
    Robert Hutton, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The two sources said some engineers have been reassigned.
    Hyunjoo Jin, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Who decided to take his wife from him one day and reassign her to serve as the wife of an executive in Rome?
    Matthew Jordan, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, was the patron of dozens of charities, jobs that the king will have to reassign to other royals.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The case was reassigned to Judge Lisa Surhio, and a new hearing date will be set, according to court documents.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Since then, both brothers have been reassigned to new roles with no contact with students.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2024
  • If an airline doesn't use the slots it's been granted at such high-demand airfields, the FAA can revoke and reassign them.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Bordeleau, 22, began the season with the Sharks and had two points in six games before he was reassigned to the Barracuda on Oct. 29.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The Yankees reassigned Hampton to minor league camp on March 3.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In 1771, he was reassigned to one of Mount Vernon’s plantations.
    Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • The officials will reassign workers from desk roles to positions in the field.
    New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • In the past, a member unhappy with her Core group could easily ask to be reassigned.
    Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Only one has been reassigned so far, Worley said: the major for the Southern district.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The bill would change the BWWB from a nine-member to a seven-member board and reassign the authority to appoint board members.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Members of the original A.I. ethics team were either reassigned to product teams or were laid off.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • He was reassigned to the palace, and charged with setting up a twenty-four-hour medical operation for the crown prince.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Both deputies have been reassigned from field duty, according to the statement.
    USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
  • He was reassigned to the fleet division while on restricted duty and was still working there when he was fired.
    Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The report suggests the unit was reassigned to fend off Ukraine’s invasion of the Russian border regions and may be replaced with less capable Russian servicemen.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024

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