assign

Example Sentences

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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

Bosses set priorities and assign tasks, while employees execute that vision using whatever resources and support are available.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

Some organisms assign different amino acids to certain codons, some use more than the standard 20 amino acids, and multiple codons can correspond to the same amino acid.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

"They insisted we assign one of their own companies to carry out the agricultural project, otherwise we wouldn't be able to work," she explains.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

But even the best software isn’t smart enough to assign trees reliably, so writers cannot offload the task of minding the tree onto their word processors.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker