designate

Example Sentences

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A Ford spokesman said the company doesn’t designate parking spots for company and competitor vehicles at its corporate facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The administration has worked to designate the Salvadoran deportees as members of criminal gangs, including MS-13.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Even better, cut out the trust and family members entirely, and simply designate the timeshare company — or resort association or developer — as the beneficiary of your mother’s timeshare at your death.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

There has also been a push in Congress led by Massachusetts Democrat Representative Ayanna Pressley with more than 170 supporters for legislation to require the administration to designate Haiti for TPS.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Amaranta felt so uncomfortable with her defective diction and her habit of using euphemisms to designate everything that she would always speak gibberish in front of her.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez