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designate

[dez-ig-neyt, dez-ig-nit, -neyt] / ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt, ˈdɛz ɪg nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

“After thoughtful discussions, the City of West Hollywood, the WeHo Pride production team, and Kathy Hilton have determined that the 2026 WeHo Pride Parade will not designate a Grand Marshal Icon honoree,” read the statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

A wildlife trust has been inspired by Sir David Attenborough's climate change mantra to designate 11 nature recovery zones in honour of the broadcaster's 100th birthday.

From BBC May 9, 2026

When the Justice Department issued its view in January 1978, the president could designate any sitting governor as chair without Senate approval.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 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

The Five-Year Plan designates quantum as one of seven frontier technologies, with coordinated commercialization efforts focused on a smaller set of institutions.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.

From Salon Mar. 6, 2026

The law also outlaws discrimination based on ethnicity and designates an important Kurdish holiday, Nowruz, as a national holiday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 18, 2026

The Ellisons have five designates on the board, including David Ellison and Catz, a longtime Oracle executive who has served as its CEO since 2019.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2025

Denmark gives its citizens the choice of three official genders: male, female, and X.The White House designates a gender-neutral bathroom for visitors and staff.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

For these parents, access to others who’ve gone through the same tragedy is a lifeline and a rare occurrence outside designated support spaces.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

"What makes AI particularly concerning is that it's not a tool designated for one specific kind of activity. It's something that can be used across pretty much any intellectual, reasoning, cognitive activity."

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

If it’s a small estate, a designated successor acting under state laws would receive the details.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

Emma challenged an earlier statement by local authorities that some of those killed had not taken a designated evacuation route.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

And that we absolutely will not leave the designated trails, the boardwalks.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

But as Exxon replies, a “substantial portion of the S&P 500 including the majority of Delaware incorporated issuers, maintain exclusive-forum provisions designating a single court for internal affairs litigation.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

“You don’t want localities or states getting into the business of designating their enemies or their political adversaries or the people they disagree with as terrorists. That’s just not a good thing,” Sinnar said.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2026

“For the first time in the program’s history, EPA is designating both microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 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




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