consign
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U.S. automakers have been eager to consign AM radio to the history books.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Defeat on Sunday would consign Rangers to their first third-placed finish since 2018.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
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
A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Ms. Hoyer consigns Weirich’s wartime experiences to an epilogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
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 Babar and Mohammed Rizwan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
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
St Johnstone will look to that early miss - and there were suggestions of offside in Colak's goal - as Davidson quickly consigns the experience to history.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
With a proud gesture, which rids him of them forever and consigns them to the dust-heap of their sordid narrowness and mediocrity, he stalks to the door.
From The Wagnerian Romances by Gertrude Hall Brownell
That result also consigned England to two rounds of play-offs to reach next summer's World Cup.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Back then, the largest vehicles were consigned to the “hard to electrify” bucket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
And just when Holly had mentally consigned herself to the scrap heap, she felt it.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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
Protecting them by consigning them to an inevitable death sentence?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
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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