self-assigned
- a word derived from assign.
Example Sentences
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He takes his time absorbing every seemingly inconsequential detail as he becomes attached to the personalities of eccentrics on their self-assigned quests to accomplish unlikely goals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
UW’s self-assigned motto this season is “No Limits,” and that’s starting to feel more like a fact than an aspiration.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022
Ruangrupa had celebrated a gallery by scoffing at the very concept of the modern gallery — its uniformity and its self-assigned importance.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2022
He was fiercely dedicated to his self-assigned mission to prove the U.S. government could be a force for good in the Middle East.
From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019
We didn’t have much time to hang out these days, not with the ferocious pace I’d set and the breadth of my self-assigned duties: moodiness, anxiety for the safety of every person, insomnia...
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
