designate

Example Sentences

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A Ford spokesman said the company doesn’t designate parking spots for company and competitor vehicles at its corporate facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Immigrant parents can choose to leave the country with their children or to designate someone to care for them, Bis said, which “is consistent with past administration’s policies.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

The company is also dealing with the fallout of its dispute with the U.S. government, which decided to blacklist Anthropic on Friday and to designate the company a supply-chain risk from a national-security perspective.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

The Pentagon also threatened to designate Anthropic a supply chain risk -- a label typically reserved for companies from adversary nations.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

“By the power of the superglue beer sword, I hereby designate you my driver!”

From "Paper Towns" by John Green