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assign

[uh-sahyn] / əˈsaɪn /




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If you’re a family that needs to sit together, for example, it’s not necessarily going to work out well if you leave it to the airline to assign your seats.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

The public, quite rationally, tends to assign blame to the party in power.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

In his petition, Bonta wrote that the sheriff’s department had planned to assign “12 employees working four days a week, five to seven hours each day” to count the votes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Most AI architectures have room for both open and closed models and often assign them different functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“With fifty students, sir, and my after-school tutoring, I can’t spend much time helping him. I grade his practice exams and assign him extra problems every day, but he doesn’t seem to be mastering it.”

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins




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