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Zelensky separately said he planned to assign different people to manage different areas of foreign policy, and that he had offered Svyrydenko a new role leading "relations with a key partner", without elaborating.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

We were so excited to assign blame for the Platner fiasco in the first few entries that we forgot to offer anything forward-looking.

From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2026

It also opposed plans to assign unique identification numbers to physical copies of the Guru Granth Sahib and maintain a central register, saying such decisions should not rest with the government.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

I do not assign genders to letter writers, but I do try to address all the options available to couples.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

“I’ll assign someone else to him next week.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

One of Wall Street’s most foundational modern beliefs is that the stock market is a cold, calculating machine that assigns values to individual securities with a high degree of precision.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

A VPN with an American IP address may be a virtual server hosted outside the United States, but it still assigns users a U.S.-based IP address.

From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026

Secondly, he is a structured manager with a vision about the game, which assigns a job description for every player, and the role they need to carry out.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

This type of wording, known as anthropomorphism, assigns human traits to non-human systems.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026

After our mile warm-up, Coach West explains how we’re going to try a bunch of different things, and she assigns us to groups.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

To avoid such a penalty, the money must be assigned to pay for certain things, such as higher education, buying or building a first home, or for personal emergency expenses.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

This is because your seat will be assigned at the last minute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Pine said the matter has been assigned for a City Attorney hearing, a pre-filing diversion that is an alternative to misdemeanor prosecution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The appeal was assigned to a different judge who, at the time, was the subject of widespread news coverage for inappropriate conduct.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Neubauer had never been happy about being assigned to the mission.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

But both actors argue the show is less interested in assigning blame than exploring an uncomfortable situation from multiple perspectives.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

When assigning sections, Millepied used a curatorial eye to give the choreographers portions of music he knew they’d be able to experiment with and make the most of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

"Investors continue to embrace the AI boom while assigning a higher probability to an eventual agreement between Washington and Tehran," Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management wrote in a commentary.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

And Southwest Airlines was an answer on Jeopardy: “In 2026, this airline ended its longtime first come, first seated policy & is assigning 8C and 27A like all the other carriers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Perhaps, Gogol begins to wonder hopefully, Mr. Lawson has no intention of assigning the Gogol story.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri