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The phrase "are on assignment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone is currently engaged in a specific task or duty, often in a professional context.
Example: "The team members are on assignment in various locations to gather data for the project."
Alternatives: "are on duty" or "are on a mission".
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Condé Nast's top editors and publishers have drivers on call, staff members can be reimbursed for $15 a day for lunches they order in, and even freelance writers stay at hotels like the W when they are on assignment.
Daniel Bongino, a former Secret Service agent with the presidential protection division who left the agency in May, said that while agent misconduct occasionally occurs, in his experience most agents who are on assignment but off duty lead a "monkish" existence focused on working out, eating and sleeping.
A well-seasoned Cruiser does not proclaim your regal breeding as much as it suggests that you are on assignment for National Geographic.
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Like Mr. Bush, he reckons he's "on assignment from God".
Starks had at one point made travel arrangements for Whetstine while Whetstine was on assignment for Nike.
For one thing, it was with Stephen that Kate's husband had been on assignment when he died; they had also been together downtown in Manhattan on 9/11.
I was on assignment for Creem magazine.
A pasta company consultant, Andrew Pederson, was on assignment for Barilla Foods.
I was on assignment shooting her royal tour to South Africa.
"During Hurricane Sandy, I was on assignment in Arizona.
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