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designate

[dez-ig-nayt, dez-ig-nit, -nayt] / ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt, ˈdɛz ɪg nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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Raman co-presented the motion to designate Vega Square, along with Councilmember Rodriguez, according to documents filed in March.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

She said if Stormont is serious about Bengoa's report and improving the health care system they "must enshrine this absolute right in law" for patients to designate an essential family carer.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The agency did not designate Graham, Clyburn and Wilson that way, but the agents were actively investigating their interactions with Kao.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The third requires the government to consider economic and national security tradeoffs when deciding whether to designate a particular area as "critical habitat."

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Migrants will often designate one person to look out for trouble while the others rest.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Known as the Record of Emergency Data, this form designates that beneficiaries get $100,000 tax-free cash and any unreceived payments after a servicemember dies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Second, the order designates as an organization something the FBI’s past leadership has described as an ideology.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The case stems from a broader legal dispute over the renaming of the cultural institution, which US law designates as a memorial to President John F Kennedy.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Goss used the pronoun that designates a male animal, not the pronoun for a human being in the masculine role of kemmer.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

My older brother has since named me executor of his will and designated me as his sole beneficiary.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Soon afterward, Nvidia designated Megaspeed a “Cloud Partner,” which gave it priority access to advanced chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

At the worst point, dozens of angry residents staged spontaneous protests outside Nongsa Digital Park -- a new cluster of data centres and other amenities, designated a special economic zone.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Johnson said the bureau places public trash receptacles along major commercial corridors and at designated bus stops, using data analytics and working with council offices to determine locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

What officer is designated by the Constitution to be president of the Senate of the United States?

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Ballard, 57, of Mill Valley, will serve alongside eight other commissioners tasked with designating state historical landmarks and preserving the state’s cultural heritage, following the appointment made Friday evening.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

A panel of judges, following the law, refused to allow Habba to serve in an interim capacity, forcing Trump to withdraw her name from consideration for the job, designating her acting U.S. attorney instead.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The U.S. held a near-monopoly on the gas, designating it a strategic resource and prohibiting its exportation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It contained his own notes on Spassky’s games, jotted in pencil, with comments and question marks designating poor moves, exclamation marks designating good ones.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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