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

The question of whether Spurs are too good to go down was consigned to the dustbin long ago.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 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

So there you have it: Hamilton safely buried and assuming legendary proportions as a martyr; Burr slipping out of town, eventually headed toward bizarre adventures in the American West, but already consigned to political oblivion.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis