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designation

[dez-ig-nay-shuhn] / ˌdɛz ɪgˈneɪ ʃən /




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The two historic paprika-production centres are now recognised with the EU's protected designation of origin status.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Schools will now have to explain the entire designation process when students are first put in the English learner program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The community group co-manages the park with Haringey Council and has helped secure its designation as a site of importance for nature conservation.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

The climbing case counts also threaten the nation’s measles-elimination status, a designation the country earned more than two decades ago due to widespread vaccination efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

After Independence, when the British left, his designation was changed from Imperial Entomologist to Joint Director, Entomology.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The United States has already applied similar designations to other Ecuadorian gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Those designations can help direct emergency assistance and other resources to affected communities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Before you do that, an estate-planning attorney should review all of your existing trust and beneficiary designations before making changes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

But these designations do not overcome the environmental hurdles.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Their designations reflected their use: fighters—also called pursuit planes—were assigned letters F or P: for example, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair or the North American P-51 Mustang.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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