designating

Example Sentences

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“You don’t want localities or states getting into the business of designating their enemies or their political adversaries or the people they disagree with as terrorists. That’s just not a good thing,” Sinnar said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

“For the first time in the program’s history, EPA is designating both microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Anthropic, supported by Microsoft, sued the Department of Defense for designating it a supply-chain risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Altman felt strongly that the risk of either triggering the Defense Production Act or designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk wasn’t good for the country, according to people familiar with their conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Just three weeks after Henrietta’s name was first published, Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law and launched the War on Cancer, designating $1.5 billion for cancer research over the next three years.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot