assignment
Example Sentences
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He attended Syracuse University, studied drama and history and later was hired at American Lawyer Media as an assignment editor for a civil tort database.
The debate over whether AI is superior to humans at various assignments is an increasingly critical one, especially as companies attribute mass layoffs to the technology.
From Barron's
“We provide all the supporting systems to develop them, coach them and then give them different assignments,” said Annie Huang, senior vice president for human resources for P&G in North America.
An unenviable assignment, even for a team that seems to have it all.
From Los Angeles Times
“No, it was a weird odor. I don't know exactly how to describe it. But yeah... we can't get a hold of anyone at ops for a gate assignment.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.