Example Sentences

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First Street had assigned her house the highest level of flood risk several years before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

The US Secret Service has since said that they had assigned local police to provide cover for that building.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2024

Kent Walker, the company’s chief legal officer, said he had assigned several hundred employees to work on Google’s defense, with the litigation led by three outside law firms and dozens of in-house lawyers.

From New York Times • May 3, 2024

My dad took me to a 1959 Pacific Coast League game in San Diego between the Padres and Spokane Indians, where the Dodgers had assigned him, to see the touted phenom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Katya was one of the four flying friends whom Marina had assigned so they could stay together.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein