assign
verb (used with object)
to give or allocate; allot.
was assigning
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past progressiveof assign.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Discovery’s board on Wednesday formally rejected Paramount’s latest offer, citing the heavy debt load that deal would entail, and also questioning the valuation Paramount was assigning to WBD’s cable business.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
Others went to a small nonprofit called Casa Latina, which was assigning work orders by raffle.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
LAT: One of the recommendations in the Civilian Oversight Commission report was assigning new deputies to patrol instead of starting them in the jails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Rather than incorporating the slums into the existing address system in Kolkata, Addressing the Unaddressed was assigning a new kind of address, reserved for the slums alone.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
Why he was assigning locations to his followers.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
