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The agency also refused to assign any benefits to the reduction of pollutants like nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Reservations are one variable among many; there is no honest way to assign them a precise weight in understanding India’s lag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Zelensky separately said he planned to assign different people to manage different areas of foreign policy, and that he had offered Svyrydenko a new role leading "relations with a key partner", without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
It also opposed plans to assign unique identification numbers to physical copies of the Guru Granth Sahib and maintain a central register, saying such decisions should not rest with the government.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Before she could assign me penmanship drills, I went to find Klawde.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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Morningstar assigns a fair-value estimate of $35.20 for Southwest shares; they currently trading at roughly 30% above that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
That number is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s “heat-sensitivity score,” a rating a computer assigns based on medical conditions and medications that could make someone more susceptible to heat.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Secondly, he is a structured manager with a vision about the game, which assigns a job description for every player, and the role they need to carry out.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
And it all comes into your ears, on audio, in a grinding singsong that assigns no particular weight to any particular moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
“Your teacher assigns the book to the class but it’s not the book you want to read, so you tell the teacher you don’t want to read it.”
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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The senior pilot assigned the Sunday shift was demoted to patrol duty by Nanos days earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Among participants assigned to eat one avocado per day, LDL particle concentrations fell by 49 nanomoles per liter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
His sentencing hearing was told forms used to monitor and record burials and cremations had not been returned and, according to the prosecution, "not followed up by the assigned registrar".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
I work in Denver and was recently assigned to a boss who lives in Nashville, Tenn.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
There, they would train for several months before they were assigned to combat regiments.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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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
DWP engineers weigh those factors when prioritizing pipes for replacement, assigning a letter grade to each water main based on its likelihood of failure and the potential consequences of a break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Boll believes Germany “banned” the film by not assigning it an age rating, fearing it could incite violence, making it unfit for German theatrical release.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Poet entertained the boy by assigning shoe types.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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