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designate

[dez-ig-nayt, dez-ig-nit, -nayt] / ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt, ˈdɛz ɪg nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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Public schools are named for him, local museums feature his work and in some locations the heads of the couple with the pitchfork are used to designate men’s and women’s restrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Binational Race USA’s managing director, Valerie Rivera, said the towing incidents took place at San Ysidro Village Shopping Center, which organizers didn’t designate or promote as an official parking area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The agency did not designate Graham, Clyburn and Wilson that way, but the agents were actively investigating their interactions with Kao.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

They can also designate an entire area a face mask-free zone for the duration of a protest.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Migrants will often designate one person to look out for trouble while the others rest.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The case stemmed from a broader legal dispute over the renaming of the cultural institution, which US law designates as a memorial to President John F Kennedy.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The U.S. rightly designates GPS as critical infrastructure, but the reference frame that gives every GPS signal its meaning enjoys no such protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Known as the Record of Emergency Data, this form designates that beneficiaries get $100,000 tax-free cash and any unreceived payments after a servicemember dies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

As a terrorism scholar who spent a decade running the State Department office that designates terrorist organizations, I understand their confusion.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Denmark gives its citizens the choice of three official genders: male, female, and X.The White House designates a gender-neutral bathroom for visitors and staff.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

My older brother has since named me executor of his will and designated me as his sole beneficiary.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

The document did not state that the peptides they’d be offered for oral consumption were still officially designated for lab use only.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Soon afterward, Nvidia designated Megaspeed a “Cloud Partner,” which gave it priority access to advanced chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

The entire building is already designated as a National Historic Landmark, which is intended to prevent against sudden changes to the building.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

This conferred instant credibility upon his preferred role as designated truth teller, poised to expose the chaotic reality beneath all uplifting accounts of the Revolution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

A panel of judges, following the law, refused to allow Habba to serve in an interim capacity, forcing Trump to withdraw her name from consideration for the job, designating her acting U.S. attorney instead.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Deukmejian vetoed the bill, though Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2024 designating the slimy yellow creature as the official state slug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

That included designating Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, which restricts foreign direct investment, global trade and access to the world’s financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

"It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release," the blog said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

Each library cart was labeled with two laminated cards: one with the name of a team, the other designating a range of Dewey decimal numbers.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein


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