consign
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George’s cluckingly affectionate aunt wants to enfold Hedda in a tradition that would consign her to the role of wife and mother.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
Never mind the state’s environmental laws that consign building projects to purgatory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
This isn’t to consign Richman to pop’s deep bin of one-hit wonders.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024
The originator of the concept, Snapchat, started out as a simple photo-sharing app that promised to consign your private visual messages after just a few seconds each.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2024
What made it possible to consign alchemy to the dustbin of history was a new understanding of what chemists were trying to do.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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