- present participle of assign.
assigning
Example Sentences
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The findings also underscore the risks of assigning identities to extinct animals primarily from their physical appearance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Statutory law is assigning the loss at the same moment the market is writing itself out of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
I’m not saying you need to like your boss, but assigning her silence any kind of meaning is harming your sanity and happiness.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
DWP engineers weigh those factors when prioritizing pipes for replacement, assigning a letter grade to each water main based on its likelihood of failure and the potential consequences of a break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
You can see how useful this assumption is to a child faced with the extraordinary task of assigning a word to everything in the world.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
