assigning

Example Sentences

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It requires assigning a numerical value to quality improvements, which varies highly by individual preference or income.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Memories, associations and context all go into assigning value and meaning to an object.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

AI agents have become all the rage in business, with some companies even referring to them as digital workers and assigning them human names.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

"Some staff we spoke with expressed a perception that, during incident investigations, a culture of assigning blame was present."

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Which is how, I think, Mrs. Baker got the idea of assigning me The Tempest.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt