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

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

“It’s a collection that’s been largely not seen. Photographing these objects was assigning life to them.”

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

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