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adjective

assigned

appointed to a post or duty

In a sentence

Six example sentences with assigned, each labelled with its topic.

  • Their assigned guide met them at the airport holding a sign and drove straight to the mountain camp.

    Travel

  • The assigned resident stayed on the ward all night, since no one else was covering the surgical floor.

    Medicine

  • Each assigned editor took one storyline, and the director spent the last month stitching the three versions together.

    Movies

  • The assigned judge had handled two similar disputes, so both sides knew roughly how the hearing would go.

    Law

  • Each assigned scout reports the enemy base layout before the rest of the team decides where to build.

    Gaming

  • The assigned observer logs the sky conditions every hour, whether or not the telescope is actually in use.

    Science

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