- present participle of assign.
assigning
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You can grieve the loss of your childhood home without assigning blame.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
James Blunt immediately took control, assigning players various different roles.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
They ended up splitting the class and assigning more students to other teachers, she said.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
The bill, called the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, works by assigning a “job retention credit” of $20,000 per journalist for up to five positions, and after that $15,000 for every additional journalist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
After Seabiscuit’s extraordinarily easy win in Tijuana, the Bay Meadows racing secretary had proposed assigning him 136 pounds, but Howard had intercepted him and charmed 3 pounds off of his horse’s impost.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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