on assignment
Example Sentences
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Before spending much of the past year on assignment with the White House Council of Economic Advisers, he had no experience working in a political capacity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Both were on assignment in the US capital from West Virginia.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
Young’s first issues at the DEA arose in 2012, while he was on assignment in Tokyo.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
Of course, we also wonder if it will also apply to a diplomat overseas, a nonuniformed person working for the federal government on assignment elsewhere.
From Slate • Aug. 26, 2025
For the only time in the last few months I had gone out on assignment, actually courted a live body, I had nearly blown cover.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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