designation
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Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council board member Shmuel Gonzales, a local historian and community organizer, voted in favor of an anti-camping zone designation because he wants the park “to be something that ultimately benefits the community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
But for Musk that’s a relatively trivial amount, even though his fluctuating trillionaire status is currently hovering below the threshold for designation.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Argentina, Lebanon and Palestine are among the markets with the designation, with none in Asia, according to Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The new distinguished military college designation doesn’t give the five participating schools senior military college status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Spontaneously the throng began to sing “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” which many thought of as the national anthem although no song had yet received that designation.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The new designations make the “network more connected,” Aylesworth added, “something that is important as the impacts of climate change threaten ocean health.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Shortly after the designations, Sheinbaum appointed a new UIF director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
Those designations can help direct emergency assistance and other resources to affected communities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 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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