- 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
For his students next semester, kids raised in a purportedly “post-literature era,” he’s assigning three 700-page novels, he noted mischievously, books by George Eliot, Ralph Ellison and Kiran Desai.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The law, if approved, would work 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 ● Aug. 29, 2026
Analysts have become more optimistic about Southwest in recent months, with those assigning the company’s stock “buy” or “hold” ratings slowly becoming the majority.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 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
