reassignment

American  

[ree-uh-sahyn-muhnt] / ˌri əˈsaɪn mənt /

noun

1. the act of assigning an employee, resources, etc., to a different position, task, or location.

2. a new position, task, etc. to which an employee has been assigned; the period or duration of such a position or task.

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reassignment

But after her reassignment, the buck started again.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

The district does not appear to define reassignment as sending an employee back to a similar job, according to the wording of its policy.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

For masculinizing gender reassignment, it was 21.16% of patients before and 54.5% after.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Three individuals who were indicted by Essayli sued, and later in October, a federal judge ruled that Bondi’s reassignment maneuver was unlawful and that Essayli was disqualified from the job.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2025

I do not want to leave Chou behind, but I cannot refuse the reassignment.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung