assign
verb (used with object)
to give or allocate; allot.
Example Sentences
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Their system also assigns a “pointer” to sounds—for instance, altering pitch, harmony and texture to signal high or low blood pressure and severity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Federal Communications Commission assigns and oversees licenses for radio and television broadcast frequencies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
“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
That seating chart accounts for all the rational numbers—it assigns each of them a seat—so we can count them off one by one, in order, based on their seat number.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
