designating

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A court blocked the Pentagon from designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

That led to the Department of Defense designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk and barring the use of its tools at the Pentagon, following a six-month phase-out.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

Altman felt strongly that the risk of either triggering the Defense Production Act or designating Anthropic a supply-chain risk wasn’t good for the country, according to people familiar with their conversation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo spoke briefly and confirmed his support for designating the CAO as the city’s chief financial officer, without impacting the controller’s office.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Just three weeks after Henrietta’s name was first published, Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law and launched the War on Cancer, designating $1.5 billion for cancer research over the next three years.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot