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If we fail to follow research and recommendations for more support in a study we commissioned, we are consigning this vulnerable population to remain in institutions, hospitals or with their aging parents.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“If we ban the use of tools to make organizations more productive, we are consigning ourselves to stagnation,” Atkinson write on X, formerly known as Twitter.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023

That does not mean you are consigning him to eternal loneliness.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2020

The Castles, who sold the house this year for $31 million, are consigning the items.

From Architectural Digest • Sep. 15, 2015

Madame, I see enough in this scheme to make her die of grief and anxiety; you are consigning her to poverty.

From The Marriage Contract by Balzac, Honoré de