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Each member state must anonymously assign each candidate one of three labels: "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

"It makes it harder to assign attribution because if all of your attacks and groups are coming out of Iran, you can pretty much link it to Iran," Wright said.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Reservations are one variable among many; there is no honest way to assign them a precise weight in understanding India’s lag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

But chemists do not assign a purpose or function to a collision of two gas molecules, nor do they seek an ultimate cause for the collision.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

“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

Morningstar assigns a fair-value estimate of $35.20 for Southwest shares; they currently trading at roughly 30% above that.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 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

Eight of the 128 spots in a Grand Slam singles draw are assigned to wildcards, and usually between four and eight at WTA and ATP events depending on the size of the field.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Rolincik was assigned a slow French ballad and was mortified when the instructor said she was doing too much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Among participants assigned to the low-carb diet, those who were genetically predisposed to higher LDL cholesterol were more likely to experience an increase.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Clinkunbroomer was described by colleagues as a smart and dependable guy often assigned to teach others how to do various jobs at work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Dasch and Burger were assigned to the officers' quarters in the forward part of the submarine.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

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

It is assigning no value whatsoever to these environmental benefits, thereby ignoring the very health concerns the agency was created to address.

From Slate ● Aug. 2, 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

DWP engineers weigh those factors when prioritizing pipes for replacement, assigning a letter grade to each water main based on its likelihood of failure and the potential consequences of a break.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

Oppenheimer reorganized the entire lab, assigning everyone available to various aspects of the implosion puzzle.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin