How to Use reassign in a Sentence

reassign

verb
  • Their roles on the depth chart can be reassigned.
    — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Eight of the initial group have quit or asked to be reassigned.
    — Bhopi Dhall and Saurajit Kanungo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Others have been forcibly reassigned to roles they are not trained for.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Fans were still bummed that he was reassigned to minor-league camp.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Levesque was later moved out of the bomb squad — reassigned but not fired.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • She was reassigned to patrol at that time.
    — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Apparently, there was a change in the type of plane and our seats were reassigned.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The court ruled that Scott was within his right to reassign cases.
    — Gregory Lemos and Kay Jones, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021
  • When that happens, workers can be reassigned to other mines that may be far away and pay less.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • When that happens, workers can be reassigned to other mines that may be far away and pay less.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Since then, both brothers have been reassigned to new roles with no contact with students.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Integral shut down last spring, and the courts reassigned its wards to other guardians.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Taormina is much stricter with a boss who plays favorites and has no qualms reassigning staff based on her own whims.
    — Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Is there a scenario where Allvin could be reassigned?
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • He was reassigned to a non-patrol position while his case goes through the court system.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The county came out and said he was reassigned, I was just reassigned to my house.
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 11 July 2024
  • A day later Donofrio was reassigned to a work at a district warehouse.
    — Carlos Suarez, CNN, 13 June 2024
  • About 45 staff were affected, many of whom will be reassigned to the two new centers.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 29 June 2024
  • The officials will reassign workers from desk roles to positions in the field.
    — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Who decided to take his wife from him one day and reassign her to serve as the wife of an executive in Rome?
    — Matthew Jordan, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
  • In the past, a member unhappy with her Core group could easily ask to be reassigned.
    — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The case remained unsolved for over a decade until the murder was reassigned to a cold case team with forensic scientists.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026
  • The team said Jason Varitek, the coach of game planning and run prevention, would be reassigned to a new role.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The printing director who resisted the effort said she was reassigned last month.
    — Jonathan O'Connell, Washington Post, 28 May 2026
  • Combs would go on to throw some of his money at good causes and reassign publishing rights to some of Bad Boy’s artists.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
  • Solimene was reassigned against her will, the Post reported, paving the way for Brown to oversee the bureau.
    — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Officials said that staffing shortages forced them to reassign these officers to patrol duty to meet the city’s needs.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But the district reassigned Lucero to a position that required him to lift heavy objects, the filing said.
    — Alexandra Hardle, AZCentral.com, 22 July 2025
  • Simply asking how someone is doing can determine if work needs to be reassigned or shortcuts need to be taken.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Two of the four spots assigned to this mission were reassigned to SpaceX Crew-11.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025

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