assign
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The IMF didn’t assign probabilities to the three scenarios, which were completed before the U.S. and Iran reached a cease-fire last Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The public, quite rationally, tends to assign blame to the party in power.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
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 • Mar. 24, 2026
“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 • Mar. 20, 2026
Any observer can work out precisely what time and position any other observer will assign to an event, provided he knows the other observer’s relative velocity.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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