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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /


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Never mind the state’s environmental laws that consign building projects to purgatory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 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

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

"We will not give up... the alternative consigns us to a watery grave," Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davies said.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022

Yet mov'd with pity for my fav'rite race I speak, though frowning on thine awful face, I mark the tenor of the dread decree, That to thy wrath consigns my sons and me.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

Zverev insists he has consigned those previous experiences to the past.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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

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

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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