- present participle of assign.
assigning
Example Sentences
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What doesn’t change is our impulse to explain complicated social and economic changes by assigning a personality to an entire generation.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Statutory law is assigning the loss at the same moment the market is writing itself out of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is assigning no value whatsoever to these environmental benefits, thereby ignoring the very health concerns the agency was created to address.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Analysts have become more optimistic about Southwest in recent months, with those assigning the company’s stock “buy” or “hold” ratings slowly becoming the majority.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Saint Sarah takes over immediately, assessing the team, pondering our combined brain capabilities, assigning responsibilities—in general, doing what she does best: bossing around the rest of us.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
