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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /


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“Athena helps us incentivize them to consign again and we can move things quicker and do it more accurately.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Austria are three points better off than Scotland and another loss for Scotland would consign them to relegation from the top tier.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

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

“We are turning our backs upon the fairest dream of civilization and are about to consign it to the dust,” Barrows read.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It consigns out-of-form Fakhar Zaman to the bench at least in the short term, while also adding strength to the batting lineup that is so dependent on captain Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Chelsea win the Women's Super League for a fourth successive season with a 3-0 final-day victory at Reading - a result which consigns the home side to relegation.

From BBC ● May 27, 2023

“Gucci” has won some ardent fans swooning over Lady Gaga’s scenery-chewing, roaring, Haaaaaa-ahhhh-ahhh-ohhhh-ahhaaaaaa-ahhhh-ahhh-ohhhh-ah!!! turn as the story’s aggrieved Lady Macbeth stand-in, which I can appreciate up till the movie consigns her to the background.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2021

To the Pope alone Fulrad consigns at St. Peter's the keys and the hostages of the cities of the exarchate.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies

That we were consigned to history, that a majority at the general election, let alone a landslide majority, was impossible.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The club suffered the earliest-ever relegation in English football, as defeat at Sheffield United on 22 February consigned them to League One with 13 games to play.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Raul Garcia's superb 90th-minute strike consigned leaders Real Madrid to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday, in a blow to their title hopes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

So there you have it: Hamilton safely buried and assuming legendary proportions as a martyr; Burr slipping out of town, eventually headed toward bizarre adventures in the American West, but already consigned to political oblivion.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

After he posted a photo of the jacket online, Brown was contacted by Sotheby’s about consigning it for auction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mr. Booker, then Newark’s mayor, responded with a viral tweet “banning” Mr. O’Brien from Newark airport and consigning him to JFK instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

In 2020, Macclesfield Town ceased trading, consigning 146 years of football to the history books.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

The landscape is particularly difficult for first-time buyers, consigning many to the used car market, Drury said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

I believe that justice demands that you reject the testimony of these men, consigning their stories to the area of deep doubt.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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