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It cannot tell me what level of risk I should assign to that fact.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Companies behind the apps control the gig work via algorithms that assign tasks, set pay, evaluate performance and even fire workers.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

The agency also refused to assign any benefits to the reduction of pollutants like nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026

"To assign a political meaning to that collaboration means ascribing to me beliefs which I have never expressed and that do not belong to me," Pirlo wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The method used to assign numbers to letters was not specified, however, and so it’s not entirely clear to whom the number refers.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

With the U.S. leading in research, technology and branding, it assigns production of sophisticated components to its skilled workers and sends intermediate goods to Mexico or Canada for finishing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

When I can find no more surfaces to wipe and have finally exhausted the supply of rooms, Maddy assigns me to do the kitchen floor.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

NSW State Emergency Services commissioner Mike Wassing said that codes are often assigned during major searches.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

At one point, in between training, Lee was assigned to fold up and stack boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

As colleges reopened, Xu studied metallurgy and was later assigned to a state-run steel factory.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Police assigned to airports must also undergo training on “constitutional limits regarding police encounters at airports.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The detective assigned to the case was Edmond Locard, an early criminologist.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

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

He sees the market assigning “too much confidence to a favorable outcome” and too little weight to the risks around unresolved nuclear issues and inspection disputes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

The fourth night, he believed, the chief had succeeded in assigning Rolf and another of our group to the same shift.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom