designation

Example Sentences

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This designation can help speed up the development and approval process.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

What are their qualifications — do they hold certifications like the certified financial planner designation?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

However, the designation does not require proof that the device works, and applications must merely state that they are being used to study a rare disease affecting children.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The ruling also suspends a Pentagon designation of Anthropic, creator of the Claude AI model, as a national security supply chain risk -- a label typically reserved for organizations from unfriendly foreign countries.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

In the sixties, minority became a synonym for socially disadvantaged Americans—but it was primarily a numerical designation.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez