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designate

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




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Public schools are named for him, local museums feature his work and in some locations the heads of the couple with the pitchfork are used to designate men’s and women’s restrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Binational Race USA’s managing director, Valerie Rivera, said the towing incidents took place at San Ysidro Village Shopping Center, which organizers didn’t designate or promote as an official parking area.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

She said if Stormont is serious about Bengoa's report and improving the health care system they "must enshrine this absolute right in law" for patients to designate an essential family carer.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

The agency did not designate Graham, Clyburn and Wilson that way, but the agents were actively investigating their interactions with Kao.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

“You’re my designated driver! Yes! You are so designated! I love that you answered! That’s so awesome! I have to be home by six! And I designate you to get me there! YESSSSSSS!”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

The White House official said Dans is one of two commission members the law designates as representatives of “the interests of industry.”

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Others, like us, were what Ragbrai tradition designates “virgins.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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

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 completed mission, designated U.S. spacewalk 100, marked Menon's fourth spacewalk and Kutryk's first.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Seoul's education ministry's new measures to prevent cheating using smart glasses, announced Thursday, included assigning a "designated staff member" at each examination centre to identify suspicious eyewear.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Two designated parking spaces are included in the building’s secured, residents-only garage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Gen. Pam Bondi appointed him as a special attorney and designated him first assistant in an attempt to make him acting U.S. attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Moonlight seemed to concentrate upon the highly-polished steel dome in its designated position, sending an intense beam of white light back off into the night sky.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

A panel of judges, following the law, refused to allow Habba to serve in an interim capacity, forcing Trump to withdraw her name from consideration for the job, designating her acting U.S. attorney instead.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 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

That included designating Syria as a state sponsor of terrorism, which restricts foreign direct investment, global trade and access to the world’s financial system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

James Fisk, who supervised the American side of the talks with a diplomatic skill unexpected of a scientific appointee, brought home an agreement designating the detection of nuclear bomb tests as “technically feasible.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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