1
as in sent
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
consigned the prisoner to the dungeon
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2
as in handed
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another
the deliveryman had consigned our package to a next-door neighbor
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Recent Examples of consigned
Phil Foden’s opener and Erling Haaland’s brace consigned United to a 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in the 197th Manchester derby at the Etihad on Sunday.
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Mark Critchley, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, these future soldiers are consigned to another week working off the pounds.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Apart from long term archiving applications, hard drives are largely consigned to the past.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Reddit/u/Frasnet Slinky could so easily have fallen between the cracks and ended up being consigned to a future stuck waiting in the shelter for a family that never comes.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
In the past, great leaders built organizations that were optimized for what was important; and while the most important work was done well, everything else was consigned to the periphery of the organization’s life.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Usually, television consigned such women to unflattering supporting roles.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Mark Critchley, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
Otherwise, these future soldiers are consigned to another week working off the pounds.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Apart from long term archiving applications, hard drives are largely consigned to the past.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Reddit/u/Frasnet Slinky could so easily have fallen between the cracks and ended up being consigned to a future stuck waiting in the shelter for a family that never comes.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
They were left operating on fumes by the end, with Ollie Watkins — Duran’s replacement — starved of service and Morgan Rogers consigned to trudging off the pitch, knowing his long dribbling bursts would have scant options ahead of him.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Watson plays Sister Mary, whose convent is concealing a Magdalene Laundry, businesses run jointly by the Church and the Irish state where unwed mothers were consigned to repent of their sins, do hard labor and ultimately deliver their babies for adoption.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
In the past, great leaders built organizations that were optimized for what was important; and while the most important work was done well, everything else was consigned to the periphery of the organization’s life.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Usually, television consigned such women to unflattering supporting roles.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consigned
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At least one Ukrainian drone has also crashed in Estonia, which Tallinn said was sent off course by Russian electronic warfare measures.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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According to the Army, the media review emails were mistakenly sent to reporters, but the information in them is publicly available.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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But how often have you been handed a bill at a restaurant that includes a 20% mandatory tip?—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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TikTok has been handed another lifeline.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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After launch, the team transferred control of the Switchblade from a user in the MQ-9A’s ground control station to a user on the ground nearer the operational area.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Enter Ned Sampson, an ebullient, well-meaning, and overly earnest Softees salesman extraordinaire who’s transferred from Chicago to Toledo to run TTT.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The prototype delivered 13 per cent conversion efficiency, which, in simple terms, meant that with the prototype, for every 100 units of heat energy that went into the device, about 13 units were turned into electricity.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Sep. 2025
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Republicans delivered their major tax-and-spending cut bill this year faster than almost anyone in Washington had expected — and instrumental in that whirlwind process was House Ways and Means Committee chief tax counsel Sean Clerget.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
18 Sep. 2025
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Constant notifications, nonstop news cycles, and decisions that should have been delegated all accumulate as mental debt.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Howard is delegated the function of sending her home.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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However, another jailhouse informant, David Vogel, later gave a recorded interview to a DA investigator, also saying Neary admitted to stabbing the victim, corroborating Lunsford’s original statement.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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There were chiffon dresses that gave a nod to the 1920s with their drop waists.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Consigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consigned. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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