consign

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And if you do know, then don’t consign “space” to jargon space.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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

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