- present participle of assign.
assigning
Example Sentences
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Instead, she is assigning the man on her left, Shigeto Nose, to temporarily carry out her role.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Boll believes Germany “banned” the film by not assigning it an age rating, fearing it could incite violence, making it unfit for German theatrical release.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Harrigan wrote that “the split is especially desirable in assigning fairer immediate value to the studio and parks businesses.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
District officials declined to provide the correspondence with Carvalho, instead assigning the request to the district’s Public Records Act unit, where some requests for records have taken years to resolve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
It's the first show choreographed by our new teacher, and she's assigning parts today.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
