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as in entrusted
to give a task, duty, or responsibility to
assigned the class with the task of finding something in the state constitution they felt needed changing
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as in allotted
to give as a share or portion
each new employee is assigned a cubicle and a computer
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as in ceded
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
assigned all rights to and royalties from the song to the Boy Scouts
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as in appointed
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the mayor assigned the panel with the task of luring a major sports franchise to the city
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Recent Examples of assigned
No legal responsibility was ever assigned to Woroniecki in connection with the Yates children's deaths.
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
Feller staff picked three countries to possibly feature, and they were assigned Mongolia, said Kadie Frey, general manager of Lora Hotel & Event Center.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2026
In the meantime, another plow has been assigned to the area.
—Christa Swanson, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
Smaller and younger people tend to feel the effects of alcohol more strongly, as do people assigned female at birth.
—Brittany Dube, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
And the people who were assigned and did sign up, only about 30% have paid the premiums so far.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
The crew assigned to Ax-4 includes Commander Peggy Whitson, Mission Pilot Shubhanshu Shukla of India, Mission Specialist Sławosz Uznański of ESA/Poland, and Mission Specialist Tibor Kapu of Hungary.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
While no blame was assigned, the hearings were open to the public and often gave interested parties, including family members of the person killed, their first opportunity for answers.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Strzok and Page were assigned in 2017 to work on then-Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s team, tasked with investigating the Russia collusion narrative.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assigned
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The class, which includes 17 men and three women from communities across the state and country, will be entrusted with the future of the city’s police department, spokesperson Nancy Chartrand told The Star.—
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The project of the restoration was entrusted to the Italian studio Genius Loci Architettura (GLA).—
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Chapa said there is only a short time allotted by the state to improve the school’s ratings.—
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The letter proposes that Jackson County withhold all funding allotted toward the Chiefs.—
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Europe has already ceded plenty of ground to keep the US on-side.—
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Failing to even make the playoffs, the Chiefs ceded the favorite spot to the Philadelphia Eagles after Week 11.—
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Hurst was appointed to the position in January 2024, according to a press release at the time.—
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When a vacancy occurs, the Commission on Judicial Nomination must convene and it, as noted, consists of 12 members, with four members appointed by each branch.—
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Wapahi is tasked with sharing the importance of that return home with the community, and praying over the land where these bison will live.—
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You are completely immersed in the yearlong making of Disneyland thanks to excerpts from 100 hours of raw and rarely seen footage from the Walt Disney Archives shot by a team of cameramen tasked by Walt Disney to capture the construction of Disneyland.—
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Cortez Masto is proposing that $45 billion for ICE detention centers be allocated to Justice Assistant Grant programs and nearly $30 billion in enforcement money to the COPS law enforcement hiring program.—
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For this school year, the state allocated $47 million to the program across both SUNY and CUNY campuses.—
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Once a Nobel Prize is announced, it cannot be revoked, shared, or transferred to others.—
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County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control Officers said that all of the ducks were safely transferred to care centers, where they will be housed and cared for.—
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Over the years, Taylor has been nominated for 9 Emmys for her roles in projects like Two and A Half Men, Hollywood and most recently,The Morning Show.—
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Actually, short, white, old men are also most of the actors nominated tonight.—
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“Assigned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assigned. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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