designation
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The designation is intended to speed the development and review of certain medical technologies that could offer meaningful advantages for patients.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 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
A payable-on-death or beneficiary designation is a contract and, as such, trumps a conflicting provision in the will.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
DHS can extend the program for a six, 12 or 18-month period or decide to cancel the designation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Truman is part of Bristol Township, referred to as the lower end of Levittown—a designation that applies both geographically and demographically.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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After a major life event: Remarriage, a death in the family or a move to a new state should prompt a review of your beneficiary designations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
The USDA, for example, relies on the maps as part of a "fast track" process for issuing disaster designations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
But these designations do not overcome the environmental hurdles.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Lyell originally intended to employ "–synchronous" for his endings, giving us such crunchy designations as Meiosynchronous and Pleiosynchronous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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