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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /


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And if you do know, then don’t consign “space” to jargon space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Austria are three points better off than Scotland and another loss for Scotland would consign them to relegation from the top tier.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025

In March of last year, eight months after Schneider had already agreed to consign his witch’s hat to Heritage, Shaw announced that he planned to sell the slippers at auction through Heritage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

This isn’t to consign Richman to pop’s deep bin of one-hit wonders.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2024

A three-mile comet!—it was exactly the sort of extravagant notion that the whitecoats sought to consign to the historical dustbin.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

It consigns out-of-form Fakhar Zaman to the bench at least in the short term, while also adding strength to the batting lineup that is so dependent on Babar and Mohammed Rizwan.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

It consigns out-of-form Fakhar Zaman to the bench at least in the short term, while also adding strength to the batting lineup that is so dependent on captain Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

"We will not give up... the alternative consigns us to a watery grave," Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said on Tuesday, urging nations to "get real".

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2022

No system can degrade the womanhood of a race, nor, indeed, for that matter, its manhood, more than that which marries its girls in childhood and which consigns millions of them to wretched widowhood.

From India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by John P. (John Peter) Jones

“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

But he has since been consigned to featuring in cup competitions after Pep Guardiola signed Italy captain Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris St-Germain on deadline day in September.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

Raul Garcia's superb 90th-minute strike consigned leaders Real Madrid to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday, in a blow to their title hopes.

From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026

One, a woman, was consigned to “Room 101,” and, Winston noticed, seemed to shrivel and turn a different color when she heard the words.

From "1984" by George Orwell

He knew the future life he dreamed of was now impossible, and it seems he couldn’t face the to which the U.S. government was consigning him.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

After he posted a photo of the jacket online, Brown was contacted by Sotheby’s about consigning it for auction.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mr. Booker, then Newark’s mayor, responded with a viral tweet “banning” Mr. O’Brien from Newark airport and consigning him to JFK instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026

In 2020, Macclesfield Town ceased trading, consigning 146 years of football to the history books.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

I believe that justice demands that you reject the testimony of these men, consigning their stories to the area of deep doubt.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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