designation
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But the risk designation automatically changed to “high” when county officials made what the union characterizes as subjective conclusions about the extent of the crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mexico’s anti-money-laundering revamp was partly aimed at ensuring the country stays off FATF’s “gray list,” a designation that has posed harsh economic consequences for countries subject to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
The supply chain risk designation, formally made in March, canceled Anthropic's military contracts and barred other Pentagon contractors from using its technology.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
This applies, in particular, to the designation “planets.”
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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Shortly after the designations, Sheinbaum appointed a new UIF director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
The USDA, for example, relies on the maps as part of a "fast track" process for issuing disaster designations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
But these designations do not overcome the environmental hurdles.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 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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