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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

In March of last year, eight months after Schneider had already agreed to consign his witch’s hat to Heritage, Shaw announced that he planned to sell the slippers at auction through Heritage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

This isn’t to consign Richman to pop’s deep bin of one-hit wonders.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

To consign Ahmed only to tours of Asia as a second or third spinner feels like a waste.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024

What made it possible to consign alchemy to the dustbin of history was a new understanding of what chemists were trying to do.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

"We will not give up... the alternative consigns us to a watery grave," Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said on Tuesday, urging nations to "get real".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022

“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

It is true of the majority, but that very fact consigns the helpless minority, too poor to pay and too proud to beg, to a fate worse than death.

From The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Back then, the largest vehicles were consigned to the “hard to electrify” bucket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

They got it thanks to a 0-0 result of composure and organisation that consigned Italy to the play-offs and took England back to the World Cup having missed USA '94.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

“Both souls will be consigned to the Fields of Asphodel. I’m sorry, Hazel Levesque. You could have been a hero.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

He knew the future life he dreamed of was now impossible, and it seems he couldn’t face the to which the U.S. government was consigning him.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

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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