assign
verb (used with object)
to give or allocate; allot.
Example Sentences
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“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
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
Macquarie assigns a “medium probability” of modest escalation from here, “but a low probability for a return to a large-scale conflict, absent a serious miscalculation by either side.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He served as secretary to the government of the federation, the office that assigns agencies their space and status, under Tinubu's predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Scientists rate the strength of an earthquake using the moment magnitude scale, a system that gauges the amount of energy released by the quake and assigns it a number.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
