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They’ve already succeeded in convincing the government to designate the Vjosa Narta river area as a national park.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

It might deny a drug and designate a cheaper one, or it might say a procedure, test or treatment isn’t medically necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

The court system would have to step in and officially designate the guardian, checking criminal backgrounds first.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

“By the power of the superglue beer sword, I hereby designate you my driver!”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which designates World Heritage sites, says it has asked the Kenyan government for information about the Lamu refinery plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The case stemmed 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 ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

To initiate spatial teleportation, the traveler enters the STM with the EGG and designates their chosen timeprint.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The RA then has an “additional harm reduction and education conversation” with the designated sober host, said George Arey, associate vice president for residential life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

People typically take weekend trips or travel during national holidays instead of designated "summer holidays".

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Caltrans said it has notified Google Maps and Apple Maps about the closure and the designated detour route.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Delhi Police said on Monday it had removed the site from the list of designated protest venues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mom will be at the hospital, so I’m Dad’s designated helper.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

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

Deukmejian vetoed the bill, though Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation in 2024 designating the slimy yellow creature as the official state slug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

"It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release," the blog said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

He never declared which of these times we were to abide by, however—which was curious, considering how much he’d talked about the importance of designating a hard deadline and sticking to it no matter what.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer