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In other words, identical behavior did not lead people to assign the same level of consciousness to humans and machines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

The ministry said it required FlyDubai to assign pilots from countries with diplomatic relations with Israel and conduct background checks, and didn’t itself check or approve Hammami.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Leading artificial intelligence companies do not know how to keep AI systems from pursuing objectives their developers did not assign, whistleblower Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI and Anthropic employee, warned Monday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

One proposal to promote evaluator independence would be for regulators to assign auditors from a licensed pool instead of having the labs hire their own auditors directly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Just as the scientist might randomly assign one mouse to a treatment group and another to a control group, the Chicago school board effectively did the same.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

This method assigns average calorie values to each gram of fat, carbohydrates, and protein, then uses those values to calculate the total available energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission assigns and oversees licenses for radio and television broadcast frequencies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

“What we object to is a review that misstates the plan’s contents and reaches beyond the issues the Education Code assigns to the county, all while threatening escalation.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Macquarie assigns a “medium probability” of modest escalation from here, “but a low probability for a return to a large-scale conflict, absent a serious miscalculation by either side.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the end of each class, the teacher assigns work we’ll have to do at home.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

"This new information has resulted in a significant surge of law enforcement assets to Alaska, and I have assigned several attorneys in my office to assist in the matter as well."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

From April 2028, all mayors of strategic authorities in England will be assigned a share of basic-rate income tax generated in their areas.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Stewart was introduced to Shakespeare by a teacher, Cecil Dormand, who assigned “The Merchant of Venice” to his class.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The researchers also found a substantial difference in how many participants completed their assigned treatments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

“I got assigned a chameleon, Cornelius, in science because I couldn’t go out in the swamp.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Seoul's education ministry's new measures to prevent cheating using smart glasses, announced Thursday, included assigning a "designated staff member" at each examination centre to identify suspicious eyewear.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

You can grieve the loss of your childhood home without assigning blame.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

James Blunt immediately took control, assigning players various different roles.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The bill, called the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, works by assigning a “job retention credit” of $20,000 per journalist for up to five positions, and after that $15,000 for every additional journalist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“You will go and deliver a message to your master for me. I am assigning him a commission. Tell me, have you worked for Potter Min long?”

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park