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designate

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




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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

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

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

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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