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assign

[uh-sahyn] / əˈsaɪn /




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Assign new hires to experienced partners, make a list of people they should meet and give them introductions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

Assign someone in leadership to meeting oversight, and encourage leaders to have new conversations with teams about what needs to change.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

Assign more stories to more writers; send more news crews to more locations; find more camera angles for more enticing coverage.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2023

Assign cause and effect at your own peril.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Contrasting Timbres: Assign a different movement to different timbres.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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