consigned

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“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Combined with the move towards colour, the black and white story was thought to have little future value and consigned to the bin.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Team GB's men's curlers reinforced their credentials as Winter Olympic gold medal favourites in Cortina with a statement 6-3 win over the Swedish rink that consigned them to silver four years ago.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Gregory the jailer and those who were consigned to his domain did not laugh or smile or clink glasses with the person sitting next to them.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo