assign
Example Sentences
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The study in the journal Nature measures how human-caused warming affects economic growth and assigns a share of global damages to specific emitters -- from major economies to oil giants.
From Barron's
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
Calling the US air traffic control system "old" and in need of an upgrade, Homendy urged against assigning blame.
From BBC
In most places, students are arbitrarily assigned to a school on the basis of geography.
“But the longer energy prices stay high, the more markets are likely to assign higher probabilities to left tail outcomes and policy mistakes, with rate hikes back on the table now.”
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
