designate
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They can also designate an entire area a face mask-free zone for the duration of a protest.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
They’ve already succeeded in convincing the government to designate the Vjosa Narta river area as a national park.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The third requires the government to consider economic and national security tradeoffs when deciding whether to designate a particular area as "critical habitat."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Genstar will be entitled to designate two directors to Victory Capital’s board, which will expand to 11 members upon closing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Others, like us, were what Ragbrai tradition designates “virgins.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 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
Second, the order designates as an organization something the FBI’s past leadership has described as an ideology.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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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Siegel designated Seth Platt, who served as chief investment officer of Siegel’s family office, to take Hoffman’s spot on the management committee—and accordingly serve as co-CEO, Platt believed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The dogs are also an important national symbol, having been officially designated part of Peru's cultural heritage in 2000.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
"We are particularly alarmed by incidents in which U.S. diplomatic, military, and security personnel were unable to reach designated bunkers during Russian air raids," the statement says.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Caltrans said it has notified Google Maps and Apple Maps about the closure and the designated detour route.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He had the warlocks do their thing into lithium batteries, and then set up a network of receiver dishes around the designated area.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
These are mostly the same issues that sank previous rounds, including a cap on plastic production, mention of human health, and designating problematic plastic products or chemicals of concern.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
For clients caught in a negative spiral, Mr. Schore suggests a “pity party”: designating a set amount of time to wallow in misery before snapping out of it and returning to productive behavior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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
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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