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designation

[dez-ig-nay-shuhn] / ˌdɛz ɪgˈneɪ ʃən /




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The new distinguished military college designation doesn’t give the five participating schools senior military college status.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rule No. 3: Choose your power of attorney designation wisely.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

He recently made a trip to Ace Hardware to mark it with its new designation: a big, fluorescent No. 80.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dr. Martin said researchers had already recognized that the Drimolen population of P. robustus was distinctive enough to receive a separate subspecies designation, P. Robustus ukusa.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Here’s how to make sure your designations actually reflect what you want:

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The United States has already applied similar designations to other Ecuadorian gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Those designations can help direct emergency assistance and other resources to affected communities.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

But these designations do not overcome the environmental hurdles.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Their designations reflected their use: fighters—also called pursuit planes—were assigned letters F or P: for example, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair or the North American P-51 Mustang.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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