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Example Sentences
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When I was assigned to photograph Michael Koman and Greg Daniels, the creators of “The Paper,” I knew I wanted the images to capture the quirkiness of their show.
From Los Angeles Times
"An official investigation should not be about assigning blame to individuals but about examining the systems and conditions that made the accident inevitable," Ko said.
From Barron's
In addition, it didn’t assign design staff to work on upgrades at the Airo maintenance facilities, resulting in design flaws and delays in construction on 21 Airo facilities by 10 to 13 months.
Rather, he made the decision because he was assigned to fun and challenging assignments.
From MarketWatch
Records were assigned points based on their position in each list - with the number one album or single getting 20 points, the number two album receiving 19 points, and so on.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
