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It’s also important not to assign any meaning to a boss’s actions before talking to them, said Tessa West, a psychology professor at New York University and author of the book “Jerks at Work.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

It cannot tell me what level of risk I should assign to that fact.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Second, insurers and companies must clearly assign financial coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the straw poll, each council member was required anonymously assign each candidate one of three labels: "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion."

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

“Maybe next time they’ll assign me earlier, so I get to hang for more than just the last day.”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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

She was 14 when she met 18-year-old “Sam,” a pseudonym Hackney assigns him in the memoir.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

That number is the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s “heat-sensitivity score,” a rating a computer assigns based on medical conditions and medications that could make someone more susceptible to heat.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

PapS assigns the different facts to his sons-in-law.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

There were seats assigned by state and indicated by tall signs on poles, there was a host of precisely timed and deeply forgettable speeches by elected officials, and, of course, there was a keynote speaker.

From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, George’s professional concentration is interrupted when he is assigned a new partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

In May, the California Supreme Court ordered the attorney general’s office to respond to the arguments and assigned the case to a superior court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Police said a dedicated team of officers had been assigned to the case, and were carrying out CCTV, house-to-house and forensic inquires.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

She and Penelope had been the best of friends at Swanburne; they were assigned to the same dormitory and had even shared a cot when they were small.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Traders have dramatically repriced BOJ expectations, now almost fully counting on a rate hike at the Sept. 17-18 meeting and assigning high odds to another by year’s end.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The findings also underscore the risks of assigning identities to extinct animals primarily from their physical appearance.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

What doesn’t change is our impulse to explain complicated social and economic changes by assigning a personality to an entire generation.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

I’m not saying you need to like your boss, but assigning her silence any kind of meaning is harming your sanity and happiness.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

‘Complaining of unfairness is like assigning blame, Percy Jackson. It does no one any good.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan