designate
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Immigrant parents can choose to leave the country with their children or to designate someone to care for them, Bis said, which “is consistent with past administration’s policies.”
From Salon • Mar. 24, 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
Wolves have been observed swatting the birds away, even appearing to designate a pack member to stand guard.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week he would designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk, but both sides had continued talking in hopes of finding a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 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
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