assign

Example Sentences

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In his petition, Bonta wrote that the sheriff’s department had planned to assign “12 employees working four days a week, five to seven hours each day” to count the votes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

Most AI architectures have room for both open and closed models and often assign them different functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

When we assign deeper intentions to a person’s actions, we might unnecessarily hurt our own feelings.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

Then we’d open the door, smirk at each other throughout the visit, and finally assign the visitor a score after she left.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick