She consigned the care of her children to the babysitter and went to work. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used with object) : to consign two afternoons a week to the club. ,to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion. From Dictionary.com.
Most of what MESDA consigned is Southern furniture. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
Not all the coins consigned to this ANA auction have been catalogued, and more Wreath Cents may be added to the listing. From Wordnik.com. [Coin Rarities & Related Topics: 1793 Half Cents, Chain Cents, Wreath Cents, 1808 Quarter Eagles — one-year type coins in general : Coin Collecting News] Reference
The Palestinians Arabs have not been "consigned" anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
So I kind of consigned him to research duties and I took over writing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 20, 2007] Reference
Kent and other distributors support CMs with programs such as consigned inventory, auto replenishment, and in-plant stores. From Wordnik.com. [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference
Tradition, however, has consigned Mary to a lesser role. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible's Lost Stories] Reference
Financial Markets: The old model consigned them to footnotes. From Wordnik.com. [What Greenspan Doesn't Know...] Reference
These crimes, for the government, are consigned to a memory hole. From Wordnik.com. [Jesse Kornbluth: Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom' Is A Rare Treat: Great Characters, Real Heartbreak & Credible Inspiration] Reference
If necessary, the Concorde should be consigned to the history books. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Lipinski has been pretty much consigned to "where are they now" stature. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Fan's Notes] Reference
Most indentured servants were consigned to serve for three to five years. From Wordnik.com. ['Birthright': The Astonishing Story Behind 'Kidnapped'] Reference
Hard practice has consigned the days of missed chances and fumbles to memory. From Wordnik.com. [England's quick, agile breed have finally caught up in the field] Reference
These days, creeping socialism has been consigned to the dust bin of history. From Wordnik.com. ['Socialist' Charge Draws On Old Fears] Reference
Others shaking their heads in disbelief, abruptly consigned to the sidelines of history. From Wordnik.com. [Reporter's Notebook: The Story Of A Lifetime] Reference
As long as the DRM isn't offline, cooking and cleanup are forever consigned to antiquity. From Wordnik.com. [Get Ready For Nanotechnology] Reference
Nonetheless, the idea that Blair has been consigned to the dustbin of history is misleading. From Wordnik.com. [Seeking Center Ground] Reference
Afro-Brazilians have been consigned to society's bottom rungs ever since the days of slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Dead End Kids] Reference
That alone, however, doesn't mean those rulings should be consigned to the judicial junkyard. From Wordnik.com. [Is Roe Good Law?] Reference
The posse is left breathless and frustrated, consigned to marvel at his oleaginous virtuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Running Is Done] Reference
Lenin's dream, as an old Bolshevik might put it, has been consigned to the dustbin of history. From Wordnik.com. [Now Comes The Witch Hunt] Reference
And so it came to pass that the Kindle was consigned to the role of brave but outdated pioneer. From Wordnik.com. [As the reborn Kindle proves, looks don't count for everything] Reference
Dave, who was hampered all last year by a knee injury, was consigned to the status of pretender. From Wordnik.com. [For God And For Reebok] Reference
And in that second season he wound up consigned to the bullpen and out of the Yankees postseason plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Passion of the Tigers] Reference
Neoconservatives like Paul Wolfowitz, once consigned to the think-tank world, are now running the show. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Planet Bush] Reference
And with wages rising, even the most efficient eastern businesses were consigned to instant obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. ['Why Don't They Share?'] Reference
With families breaking down and children increasingly consigned to poverty, it is up to society to step in. From Wordnik.com. [First Fighter] Reference
There is Danny, consigned at 6 to a group residential home for abusing his younger half sister and half brother. From Wordnik.com. [When Kids Molest Kids] Reference
But many Dalits, consigned to destitution, seem to view their champion's riches as a source of vicarious pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [India’s Anti-Obama] Reference
Let's hope he is consigned to the oblivion he deserves without being resurrected as a senior statesman or diplomat. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Blair's Legacy] Reference
"I had bought these works from Kathy Markel years ago and, recently, consigned them back to her to sell," she said. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Grant: Can Artists Really Disown Their Early Work?] Reference
Back in the day, being photographed in a dress for the society pages automatically consigned the outfit to the charity bin. From Wordnik.com. [Upper East Sliders] Reference
Founded five years ago by Copie Lilien and Kim Runyon, the company offers options to kids previously consigned to baggy jumpers. From Wordnik.com. [One Small Step For Bigger Kids] Reference
With him gone, they have become consigned as the party of perpetual opposition, barely able to win a fifth of parliamentary seats. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Shunned, Will He Bolt?] Reference
At Feith's office in the Pentagon, charged with postwar reconstruction, the Future of Iraq documents were consigned to the dustbin. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall Of Chalabi: Bush's Mr. Wrong] Reference
Two days later Gorbachev put the entire Communist Party into the dock, found it guilty and consigned it to the ash heap of history. From Wordnik.com. [The People Vs. The Plotters] Reference
His star policy architect, an academic and political outsider by the name of Heizo Takenaka, has been consigned to political purgatory. From Wordnik.com. [Backsliding in Japan] Reference
When they have been put in their box and consigned to history, then Mr. Kostunica can get on with huge problems he has inside Yugoslavia. From Wordnik.com. ['The Net Is Tightening'] Reference
GM's revival is a remarkable turnaround for a manufacturing empire that looked set to be consigned to history as recently as spring 2009. From Wordnik.com. [General Motors back from the brink and set for $20bn flotation] Reference
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