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as in tasks
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 allots
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in cedes
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 appoints
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 assigns
Over the summer, Thibault-DuDonis usually assigns everyone on her staff a project.
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Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
The system assigns scores to prioritize restoration projects and measures characteristics such as organism diversity, stream pattern and vegetation growth.
—Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
The statute also assigns responsibility for payment of certain commissions to specific governmental entities.
—Abbey Ajayi, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
For its highest-category suites, Green Valley Ranch assigns a dedicated butler to each party rather than rotating staff throughout the stay.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
In the note, Washington assigns De Hart to the command of a detachment to patrol an area around Paramus, New Jersey.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead of relying on one material to do everything, the team built a composite architecture that assigns different functions to different layers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
But those notifications fell short of formal authorization from Congress, which the Constitution assigns the power to declare war under Article 1.
—Nik Popli, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
However, the majority was clear in reaffirming that our Constitution assigns tariff authority to Congress.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
The system assigns scores to prioritize restoration projects and measures characteristics such as organism diversity, stream pattern and vegetation growth.
—Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
The statute also assigns responsibility for payment of certain commissions to specific governmental entities.
—Abbey Ajayi, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
For its highest-category suites, Green Valley Ranch assigns a dedicated butler to each party rather than rotating staff throughout the stay.
—David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
In the note, Washington assigns De Hart to the command of a detachment to patrol an area around Paramus, New Jersey.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2026
Instead of relying on one material to do everything, the team built a composite architecture that assigns different functions to different layers.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Mar. 2026
But those notifications fell short of formal authorization from Congress, which the Constitution assigns the power to declare war under Article 1.
—Nik Popli, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
However, the majority was clear in reaffirming that our Constitution assigns tariff authority to Congress.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigns
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The Society tasks her with righting wrongs.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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The eight-page agreement also tasks colleges to provide wraparound support services including counseling and tutoring to better prepare students.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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When a team allots minutes to so many young players simultaneously, lapses in concentration and on-court mistakes are bound to happen.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Choosing silence also cedes our right to free speech.—
Jenna Norton,
STAT,
12 Mar. 2026
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The specialization that cedes politics, economics or communication to separate disciplines is, in sociology, an invitation to synthesize and to consider how these broad social processes engage, reinforce or conflict with one another.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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The mayor’s appointees to the board have no more right to carry out his political wishes than do the judges that the mayor appoints to the Criminal Court.—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the days before Metro’s pivotal board vote, speculation swirled among public transit advocates that Bass, a key member of the board who appoints three other members, might seek to delay approval for the project based on community concerns.—
National Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The host of the massacre is the powerful tycoon Chester Danforth (filmmaker David Cronenberg), a hotel and casino impresario, who entrusts the actual event planning to his adult children, twins Ursula and Titus (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Shawn Hatosy).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Constitution entrusts Congress with the authority to declare war, ensuring that matters of armed conflict are subject to careful deliberations and democratic accountability.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
28 Feb. 2026
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Federal dollars are also given to the Texas Workforce Commission, which then allocates the money to 28 local workforce development boards across the state.—
Jess Huff,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Texas allocates money to districts based on student attendance.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
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One of the ideas that Kafka’s parable conveys is that a prisoner is molded into the shape of their prison.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Bakri conveys that immense burden in dribbles of emotion, like a trickle of water wearing down a groove in a rock wall.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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The quality of the candidates each party nominates for governor, Congress and the state Legislature in Wisconsin will matter this fall.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the show, a concerned person nominates friends or family members on the brink of financial collapse to receive Collins’s financial guidance.—
Victoria Baeza Garcia,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Assigns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigns. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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