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on assignment

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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on assignment

I’m a writer who has been sent out on assignment to the stucco estates of suburban Los Angeles to profile a young socialist named Hasan Piker.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

I even used one of the hotel benefits to save money on assignment in Nice last summer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

I was on assignment for Vanity Fair to cover the election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2025

Young’s first issues at the DEA arose in 2012, while he was on assignment in Tokyo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025

I was on assignment, a member of the working press, with my notepad in hand and the Minolta around my neck.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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