designate
Example Sentences
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City Council unanimously voted to designate it as a historic cultural monument a few months later, officially saving it from destruction.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of these retirements are located in regions of the country the North American Electric Reliability Corporation designates as having an “elevated risk” of electricity shortages.
The inquest has heard that the area is a designated flood plain, but did not have signage warning walkers that the water level might be high at the time Xielo entered the water.
From BBC
He liked the tried and true “blue team-red team” strategy of designating people to explicitly challenge models and assumptions to overcome institutional biases.
From Barron's
She was also designated for a travel ban in the European Union, which froze her assets.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
