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as in entrusted
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 allotted
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in ceded
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 appointed
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 assigned
An advisory committee has already been assigned to work on the process, Martin said.
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Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
As the rest of the city struggles through violent crime, Johnson reportedly maintains a security detail of nearly 100 officers in Unit 544 — the group of officers assigned to protect the mayor.
—Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
With the department for eight years, Moan had recently been assigned as a school resource officer for Manchester Public Schools.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
The prevailing approach of RFT is usually that the grades are only assigned based on the AI responses.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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, 8 Dec. 2024
Then there are the cooks assigned to the filling, whose mission is to ensure the pork or chicken is seasoned just right.
—Cat Cardenas, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
South Korea was initially assigned two ITER vacuum vessel sectors, but took on two additional sectors in 2016, bringing its total responsibility to four.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2024
As puberty approaches, testosterone levels rise significantly in people assigned male at birth.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 29 Nov. 2024
Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
As the rest of the city struggles through violent crime, Johnson reportedly maintains a security detail of nearly 100 officers in Unit 544 — the group of officers assigned to protect the mayor.
—Dylan Sharkey, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
With the department for eight years, Moan had recently been assigned as a school resource officer for Manchester Public Schools.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
The prevailing approach of RFT is usually that the grades are only assigned based on the AI responses.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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, 8 Dec. 2024
Then there are the cooks assigned to the filling, whose mission is to ensure the pork or chicken is seasoned just right.
—Cat Cardenas, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
South Korea was initially assigned two ITER vacuum vessel sectors, but took on two additional sectors in 2016, bringing its total responsibility to four.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2024
As puberty approaches, testosterone levels rise significantly in people assigned male at birth.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 29 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigned
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Tired of bandaid solutions, doctors are expressing frustration with the lack of research and funding allotted to combatting the condition.Theara Coleman, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Still, the $820,000 the company allotted last year to protect top executives is a fraction of what other tech giants spent for CEO security.Adam Geller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Last year Montage ceded its property to Flos B&B Italia Group, which officially opened a B&B Italia there in November.Sofia Celeste, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
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Beckham ceded all control to Uniacke, who turned the walls dark green, and filled the space with twinkling Christmas trees.Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 28 Nov. 2024
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He was later appointed to the Arizona Court of Appeals.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Galliano was appointed creative director at Maison Margiela in 2014, his first posting since his scandalous exit from Dior in 2011.Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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Proposition 35 effectively requires some of the money to be allocated to providers that serve Medi-Cal patients.Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Another $13 million will be allocated to program administration.Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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The state government, controlled by the army, said 65 people had been killed, and that other casualties had been transferred to nearby Al-Naw Hospital.Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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She was transferred at that point to emergency medical services personnel.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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He was nominated and approved by the Senate in 2019, and stepped aside shortly after Biden was inaugurated in 2021.Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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President Biden nominated Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget.Elena Moore, NPR, 11 Dec. 2024
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The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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One of the most memorable moments of the Eras Tour took place in Brazil, when Swift stopped the show to ask for water to be distributed to her audience in the sweltering heat.William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Demonstrations Are Powerful By personally experiencing and demonstrating the long customer service wait time, Bezos effectively conveyed the urgency of the issue to his team.Roger Dooley, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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That vibe of stillness abides in the film too, emotions conveyed with subtle cues and a refreshing absence of melodrama.Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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