am assigning
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present progressiveof assign (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
assignverb (used with object)to give or allocate; allot.
Example Sentences
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“I am assigning a Marine General Officer and senior attorney, both with extensive combat experience, to head up an internal Preliminary Inquiry into the matter,” he said.
From Time ● Jan. 12, 2012
“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
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But I am assigning too many motives of self-improvement to reading.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by J. Frank (James Frank) Dobie
I manage always to help it with various alms and expedients, and at present I am assigning it two toneladas for the chalices and ornaments, which sell at two hundred pesos.
I am assigning you to secure the answer to these two questions.
From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various