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assign

[uh-sahyn] / əˈsaɪn /




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The IMF didn’t assign probabilities to the three scenarios, which were completed before the U.S. and Iran reached a cease-fire last Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The public, quite rationally, tends to assign blame to the party in power.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“But the longer energy prices stay high, the more markets are likely to assign higher probabilities to left tail outcomes and policy mistakes, with rate hikes back on the table now.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Some organisms assign different amino acids to certain codons, some use more than the standard 20 amino acids, and multiple codons can correspond to the same amino acid.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026

It was the same person they wouldn’t assign the job of gathering palm tops because he would eat them all for himself.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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