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Interior Secretary Harold Ickes ended the skirmish by imposing a truce and persuading Congress to designate the dam as a federal project.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Wristbands designate how much parents love their children: enough for the all-access pass or just enough for access to the scruffy llama at the pop-up petting zoo?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

The third requires the government to consider economic and national security tradeoffs when deciding whether to designate a particular area as "critical habitat."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

“We wear seven different colors, to designate our jobs. As a maintenance technician, my deck jersey, float coat, and helmet are an ugly green, the color of overcooked peas.”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which designates World Heritage sites, says it has asked the Kenyan government for information about the Lamu refinery plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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

Second, the order designates as an organization something the FBI’s past leadership has described as an ideology.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

To initiate spatial teleportation, the traveler enters the STM with the EGG and designates their chosen timeprint.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In Marseille, where more than 300 shops were looted, authorities initially banned all demonstrations before allowing a union-led march along a designated route.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The historic venue was recently removed from a list of designated protest sites.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

State Department designated Hubbard as wrongfully detained and denied Russian claims that Hubbard has been a mercenary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Unified, 53 schools are designated for students rated as “gifted,” and there are four campuses with programs for highly gifted students, typically identified by a professional evaluator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

They have no prior notice that they are wanted or needed in the national military, but they arrive at their designated stations as requested.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

These are mostly the same issues that sank previous rounds, including a cap on plastic production, mention of human health, and designating problematic plastic products or chemicals of concern.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

For clients caught in a negative spiral, Mr. Schore suggests a “pity party”: designating a set amount of time to wallow in misery before snapping out of it and returning to productive behavior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

James Fisk, who supervised the American side of the talks with a diplomatic skill unexpected of a scientific appointee, brought home an agreement designating the detection of nuclear bomb tests as “technically feasible.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik