designation
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Dr. Martin said researchers had already recognized that the Drimolen population of P. robustus was distinctive enough to receive a separate subspecies designation, P. Robustus ukusa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Republican designation is relatively new for Romero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Boehler’s office, and the White House, may get involved regardless of whether the person has been deemed “wrongfully detained,” an official designation that didn’t apply to Castillo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The community group co-manages the park with Haringey Council and has helped secure its designation as a site of importance for nature conservation.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Spontaneously the throng began to sing “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” which many thought of as the national anthem although no song had yet received that designation.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Shortly after the designations, Sheinbaum appointed a new UIF director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Request your beneficiary designations in writing: Call or log in to every financial account, life-insurance policy and retirement plan.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The United States has already applied similar designations to other Ecuadorian gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Those designations can help direct emergency assistance and other resources to affected communities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lyell originally intended to employ "–synchronous" for his endings, giving us such crunchy designations as Meiosynchronous and Pleiosynchronous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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