on assignment

Frequency: 6.98.8 per million words

Used to say that someone is away from their home or office doing a piece of work.

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Examples (10)

  • The photographer is on assignment in China at the moment.
  • She's a journalist who is often on assignment in war-torn regions.
  • I can't make the meeting; I'll be on assignment in Chicago all next week.
  • The soldier was on assignment deep in enemy territory.
  • The research team is currently on assignment in the Amazon rainforest.
  • He spent six months on assignment for the World Health Organization.
  • Next month, several of our engineers will be on assignment at the new plant.
  • How long will you be on assignment this time?
  • While on assignment, the correspondent filed daily reports from the disaster zone.
  • You can reach her assistant while she's on assignment.