How to Use assignment in a Sentence
assignment
noun
- The reporter is here on assignment.
- The reporter is here on an assignment.
- She asked if she could change her seating assignment.
- The students were given a homework assignment.
- The reporter's assignment is to interview the candidate.
- The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.
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Jan’s struggling with the assignment, to say the least.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2024
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The 6-foot-3 guard, Billups said, held his own in that assignment.
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oregonlive,
11 Dec. 2022
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This is the most difficult assignment of the year for the Vikings, and there is much to prove.
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Steve Silverman,
Forbes,
10 Nov. 2022
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His first choice for the assignment was Gaetz, who lasted all of eight days.
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Steve Bousquet,
Orlando Sentinel,
26 Nov. 2024
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Buy it for someone and give them an assignment to watch them all in 2025.
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Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2024
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That was part of his assignment, to give names to the landscape features.
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Brian Maffly,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
13 Oct. 2022
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Whoa, the retort goes, the assignment was likely a twofold process.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2022
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The initial scope might be an eight hours per day, two-week assignment.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
9 Apr. 2024
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That assignment is only one item on a busy dance card for Nichols.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2023
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The copyright assignment for all rights to the screenplay was struck with Lady Amos and Hill, the lawsuit said.
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Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2024
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Meaning 007 could be on its assignment for a very long time.
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Ben Tracy,
CBS News,
9 Sep. 2023
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And the assignments always aim to solve a local problem.
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Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2023
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That assignment never came, so Temple moved back to Paris on his own in 1796.
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Vanessa Armstrong,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Apr. 2024
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The base fare may not include checked or carry-on bags, or seat assignment.
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Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Sep. 2024
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Yep, the same guy who was twice designated for assignment by the Rangers, once by the Red Sox, and twice traded.
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Bob Nightengale,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2023
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You're required to take on-call and overtime assignments on the weekend.
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Caitlin Kelly,
WIRED,
15 Apr. 2024
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In college, no one’s going to hunt you down for an assignment.
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Robert Higgs,
cleveland,
28 Dec. 2022
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The first assignment Diesel gave her was to organize a Labor Day barbecue for some of the film’s cast and crew.
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Ethan Millman,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2023
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Noah Song is six games into his rehab assignment with the Phillies and hit 93 miles per hour in his last game in Double A.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
22 July 2023
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In 2000, the Sanghavis launched an ecommerce business, which grew out of their then teen son’s school assignment.
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Joan Elovitz Kazan,
USA TODAY,
24 Oct. 2022
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Strassburger is forty, and Brownsville is his first assignment in the priesthood.
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Jack Herrera,
The New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2024
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Her first assignment featured a new character, the Cat, now known as Tigra.
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George Gene Gustines,
New York Times,
29 Feb. 2024
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Trump's victory was the result of many factors as the Democratic Party's circular firing squad debate over the assignment of blame for their loss has indicated.
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Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
22 Dec. 2024
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Now, his vision for the next legislative session is coming into clearer focus, following the release of his new council committee assignments on Wednesday.
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David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Dec. 2024
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