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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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The Equality Act provides protections for people on the grounds of both biological sex and gender reassignment.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

But after her reassignment, the buck started again.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

The department said in a news release that the alleged reassignment practice applies when teachers are “credibly accused” of:

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

The day before Doug Swieteck came back, our principal reported during Morning Announcements that Mrs. Sidman had accepted “voluntary reassignment to the Main Administrative Office.”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

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