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First, no legal authority exists to designate domestic organizations as terrorist groups.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

The proposal would designate the Buildings Department as the single authority overseeing requirements from all other involved agencies so developers aren’t subject to repetitive paperwork and delays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

"We need a regulatory framework, we need to designate operating rules, insurance requirements, accessibility standards, possibly permitting fees, operational limits in high pedestrian areas, and to have accountability for the operators."

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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

It also designates all existing and active idle wells as “nonconforming uses,” meaning they may only operate during the phaseout period and are no longer compliant with current zoning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The Five-Year Plan designates quantum as one of seven frontier technologies, with coordinated commercialization efforts focused on a smaller set of institutions.

From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026

An uncritical viewing designates this as another “all’s well that ends well” gag.

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

A guardian in the legal sense is usually someone a court designates to be in charge of medical and personal decisions for an incapacitated person.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 26, 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

Lozano will occupy a designated player spot, becoming the new offensive leader of the team coached by Greg Vanney for the final stretch of the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

If that network were designated critical infrastructure, it would mean funding and protecting those ground nodes and data pipelines—many of which survive on academic grants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

So when India's Supreme Court declared in June that the right to walk safely on designated footpaths was a fundamental right, external, it felt less like judicial activism than common sense arriving decades late.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

About $1,200 of her total went toward uniforms for her daughter’s private school, where single shirts and jackets from designated vendors can cost $50 to $70 each.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Mom will be at the hospital, so I’m Dad’s designated helper.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

Clients often hear financial planners talk in terms of designating different buckets of money to organize a portfolio.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Beyond that, they were also beloved by critics and audiences alike, with “WALL-E” deservedly earning a spot in the Criterion Collection in 2022, designating the film as a significant work within the medium of cinema.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

“For the first time in the program’s history, EPA is designating both microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026

A good first step to reducing screen time could be designating a set place in the home for devices, such as a particular cupboard.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 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