assigning

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Without assigning a sense of consequence, the money becomes meaningless to the kid, said Matt Chancey, a certified financial planner and founder of Tax Alpha Companies in Florida.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Responsibility can then remain diffuse, so people can talk about mistakes without the emotional hit of assigning blame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Memories, associations and context all go into assigning value and meaning to an object.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

He and his team selected 50 stocks at random from the 500 largest companies by market capitalization each month since 1999, assigning them equal starting weights.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

As they are assigning positions, Dede notices that her sister Minerva is not among them.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez