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as in to task
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing
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as in to allot
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in to cede
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts
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as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city
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Recent Examples of assign
If participants could not be clearly assigned to one type of diet, they were excluded.
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Anna Bader, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
He was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1942.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
For the first phase of the study, participants were randomly assigned to take either gantenerumab, another amyloid-lowering drug called solanezumab or a placebo.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
The crew assigned to Ax-4 includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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Anna Bader, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2025
He was drafted and assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit at Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1942.
—Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 19 Mar. 2025
For the first phase of the study, participants were randomly assigned to take either gantenerumab, another amyloid-lowering drug called solanezumab or a placebo.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025
The crew assigned to Ax-4 includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
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At that point, no one will be counting pennies—except, of course, for the Bills front office staff tasked with maintaining related cap allocations for years afterward.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration has been focused on an overhaul of the federal government, with tech billionaire Elon Musk tasked with finding ways to cut spending and workers.—
Alex Gangitano,
The Hill,
15 Mar. 2025
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Government money has already been allotted to help the development of the Central Docks area.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The cost of simply extending the expiring 2017 cuts will cost $4.7 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office — more than the $4.5 trillion the House budget resolution has allotted.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
14 Mar. 2025
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Trump issued demands after threatening to withhold $400 million. 0:28 Columbia University appears to have ceded to the Trump administration's demands after a threat to withhold $400 million in federal funds.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2025
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Boeing has ceded ground to rival Airbus AIR.PA in the delivery race and entered the crosshairs of regulators and customers following missteps.—
Mike Stone,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Simpson emerged as a spear-carrier for Social Security benefit cuts in 2010, when he was appointed the GOP co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Barack Obama as a sop to conservative deficit hawks.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Any appeals of decisions in New Jersey would be heard by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is split 6-6 between active judges appointed by Democratic and Republican presidents.—
Luc Cohen,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Trump also recently entrusted Vance to travel to the Munich Security Conference in Germany as the face of his administration, where Vance scolded European allies for not doing more to protect free speech.—
Anna Giaritelli,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
5 Mar. 2025
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If states, pension plans and even some endowments actively invest into bitcoin and other cryptoassets those investments are – be default – being made with the funds of others that have been entrusted to fund managers.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Several nonprofits have lost millions in government contracts allocated to assist new arrivals.—
Tazreena Sajjad,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
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Bloomberg reported that the WNBA generated $200,000,000 in revenue last season, with only 9.3 percent allocated to player salaries.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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He was transferred to a detention unit on the Dutch coast.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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Following its recovery, workers transferred the mummy to the Niğde Museum Directorate for further analysis.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2025
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The top executives of the music awards in each country, or those nominated by the top executives, will participate in MAJ as overseas voting members.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
14 Mar. 2025
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Whether the withdrawal of Weldon’s nomination is a win for vaccines depends on who Trump nominates next and how much influence Kennedy exerts as the CDC director’s boss.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Assign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assign. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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