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as in entrusting
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 allotting
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in ceding
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 appointing
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 assigning
Employers should consider assigning a dedicated benefits navigator, someone who won't give legal or financial advice but will help the employee find relevant benefits, understand deadlines and know which professionals to call.
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Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Target's new attendance point system Target will start tracking unexcused tardiness and absences for its store and warehouse workers in September, assigning point values to violations and terminating any employee who hits 12 points within a year.
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Diane Brady,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Professors are discouraged from assigning books, supposedly in order to lower students’ financial burden, even as the school has raised various other fees.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
District officials declined to provide the correspondence with Carvalho, instead assigning the request to the district’s Public Records Act unit, where some requests for records have taken years to resolve.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Decluttering counters by assigning a home for items makes tidying up quicker and easier.
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Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
27 June 2026
Earlier this month, Piper Sandler also initiated coverage of Take-Two , assigning the stock an overweight rating.
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Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The Space Force keeps assigning launches to SpaceX that its only competitor cannot do.
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Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
People are fired up in the comment section, with many assigning blame.
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David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Christine Michel Carter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Target's new attendance point system Target will start tracking unexcused tardiness and absences for its store and warehouse workers in September, assigning point values to violations and terminating any employee who hits 12 points within a year.
—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
30 June 2026
Professors are discouraged from assigning books, supposedly in order to lower students’ financial burden, even as the school has raised various other fees.
—
Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
District officials declined to provide the correspondence with Carvalho, instead assigning the request to the district’s Public Records Act unit, where some requests for records have taken years to resolve.
—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Decluttering counters by assigning a home for items makes tidying up quicker and easier.
—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
27 June 2026
Earlier this month, Piper Sandler also initiated coverage of Take-Two , assigning the stock an overweight rating.
—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 June 2026
The Space Force keeps assigning launches to SpaceX that its only competitor cannot do.
—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
20 June 2026
People are fired up in the comment section, with many assigning blame.
—
David Hookstead Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigning
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Vance is still the default nominee, and Trump entrusting him with an Iran deal that could make or break his presidency is a sign of Vance’s clout, the person added.
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Brisson is arguably the sport’s biggest agent, and Trocheck — after nearly getting dealt at the March trade deadline — is entrusting him to facilitate a desirable move this summer.
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Inevitably, team evil has cooler powers, like Sindel’s scream and Kung Lao’s hat of doom, but in addition to allotting an inordinate amount of its combat time to Shao Kahn, who’s just a hulking guy with a hammer, the movie’s big visual idea is characters blasting one another with beams.
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The framework proposes allotting $20 million of it to the Rays.
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When the Spanish settlers decamped for Cuba in 1763 after ceding Florida to the English, the few surviving Tequesta, their numbers decimated by 200 years of captivity and slavery, conflict and ill treatment, are believed to have departed with them.
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As Jimmy is looking for options to simultaneously cut costs and jettison the property entirely, Sydney is trying to figure out how to do a dinner service with a pantry that’s nearly empty and a former mentor/partner/colleague, in Carmy, who is very bad at actually ceding control.
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This is one of the first announcements WhatsApp has made after appointing a new CEO.
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State law tasked the City Council with appointing a replacement to finish out Lyles’ term ending in December 2027.
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This year, the county board has affirmed its intention to use little to no reserves to balance the fiscal year 2027 budget, tasking members with finding other ways to balance it.
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Last year, New Jersey passed a law allowing digital driver's licenses and tasking the state's Motor Vehicle Commission with developing and implementing them.
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Earlier this year, Senate Republicans proposed allocating $1 billion in taxpayer dollars from legislation meant to fund immigration enforcement agencies for security enhancements for the ballroom.
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With hyperscalers allocating more than $725 billion to capital expenditures, suppliers are directing production capacity to high-bandwidth memory for AI servers, which earns far more profit per wafer, noted The Wall Street Journal.
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When in a group, space out to prevent the current from transferring between individuals.
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Conwell, 22, began his college career at South Florida before transferring to Indiana State for his sophomore season and Xavier for his junior season, and then closing his college career at Louisville.
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Political conventions during presidential election years are technically how parties conduct business such as finalizing their platform and nominating the presidential and vice presidential candidates.
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Democrats did manage to avoid nominating a controversial pick in the somewhat competitive 35th Congressional District.
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