CONSIGNED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

consigned

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past tense of consign

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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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 But the 23-year-old was not consigned to others writing his story. —

Elias Burke, New York Times, 12 May 2026 It was never consigned in writing. —

Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 In Christie’s day sales are several works that appear to be consigned by ARTnews Top 200 collector Elie Khouri. —

Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 3 May 2026 Mannequins will be displayed permanently after gala And these 25 new mannequins will not be consigned — as some are — to retirement after the show, which opens to the public May 10. —

CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 And these 25 new mannequins will not be consigned — as some are — to retirement after the show, which opens to the public May 10. —

ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026 Right around that time, the Venice Film Festival saw Mamoru Hosoda’s anime epic Scarlet, in which the Danish prince became an ass-kicking Danish princess consigned to a hellish and phantasmagoric underworld. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2026 But third base, which had originally been consigned to DJ LeMahieu — who turned out to be finished — was a mess last year, as was the infield defense as a whole, and Cashman was willing to eat all of $32-plus million on McMahon’s contract through 2027 in order to fix it. —

Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026 Most countries would prefer American hegemony to a multipolar world where they are consigned to one of China’s or Russia’s spheres of influence. —

Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026

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Alexander sent Slater into the steel steps, leaving him busted open.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
Burnham is seen by the bond market as leaning more to the left — a factor that has sent borrowing costs higher, with investors fearing a less conservative prime minister could herald more borrowing and public spending, and higher debt.

— Hugh Leask,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 15 May 2026