designate
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First, no legal authority exists to designate domestic organizations as terrorist groups.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Defense Department has faced legal challenges for the process it uses to designate Chinese companies as military entities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
He couldn’t see it, of course, though later he said he had felt it come forward, had perceived it with the kind of knowledge that had made the people designate Seer as his true name.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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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
Some well-known companies were added to the annually updated list, which designates them as a U.S. national-security risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
Goss used the pronoun that designates a male animal, not the pronoun for a human being in the masculine role of kemmer.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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When Dailey is able, he plans to petition for a traffic signal at the intersection, and potentially to have the stretch designated as a safety corridor subject to targeted enforcement and stepped-up fines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Baptiste's absence left some British sprinters - including Olympic bronze medallist Charlie Dobson and Paralympic silver medallist Zac Shaw - without a designated coach before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and European Championships in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Each account has designated beneficiaries, and those beneficiaries are aware that I hold her power of attorney.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Beijing designated Special Economic Zones—Shenzhen, then a fishing village, became the most famous—where foreign investment could enter and commercial experimentation could proceed under different rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Starting in 1846, the Chicago harbor was designated by an act of the United States Congress as an official port of entry.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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You can do this by designating a child as an authorized user, which is a person added to a credit-card account by the primary cardholder, although some issuers have age minimums as low as 13.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
The Pentagon on Monday updated its list of Chinese businesses the U.S. has identified as aiding Beijing’s military, designating around two dozen new companies, including tech giants Alibaba and Baidu, limiting their operations in America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
Most of the gold imprint designating whether a given piece was a bishop, king, queen, or whatever had, from years of use, worn off.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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