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consigned

  • past participle
    of consign.
    consign
    verb (used with object)
    to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
  • past tense form
    of consign.
    consign
    verb (used with object)
    to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).

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Zverev insists he has consigned those previous experiences to the past.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

The decision consigned women's football to park pitches and small venues for half a century before the decision was overturned in 1971.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

Gregory the jailer and those who were consigned to his domain did not laugh or smile or clink glasses with the person sitting next to them.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo