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reassign

British  
/ ˌriːəˈsaɪn /

verb

  1. to move (personnel, resources, etc) to a new post, department, location, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • reassignment noun

Example Sentences

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A few people have been reassigned to jobs at the same agencies they had been tasked with cutting.

From Salon

The emergency incident technicians were reassigned to other positions in the department.

From Los Angeles Times

As she clashed with some in her office over the prosecution, her original co-counsel was suddenly reassigned.

From Los Angeles Times

“With fewer staff available to work, put in overtime or be reassigned, recovery is likely to be slower,” Friends of BLS said in a blog post.

From MarketWatch

Most workers had either retired or been reassigned, and the town even held farewell tours of the facility, known as the J.H.

From The Wall Street Journal