- present participle of designate.
designating
Example Sentences
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Under its Green Deal and related policies, the European Union is designating 30% of the continent as nature-protected by 2030.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Beyond that, they were also beloved by critics and audiences alike, with “WALL-E” deservedly earning a spot in the Criterion Collection in 2022, designating the film as a significant work within the medium of cinema.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
A court blocked the Pentagon from designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 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
