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designation

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




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The decision by the Department of Homeland Security to extend or terminate TPS typically has been made at least 60 days before the designation was set to expire.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The court held that the designation on file has the final say, regardless of how long ago it was signed or how much had changed since.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

The deployment marks the vessels first official sailing as Nato's command ship for the Allied Response Force - a designation it received in July this year.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Back-to-back years of decades-high measles case counts now threaten the country’s measles-elimination status—a designation the U.S. earned more than two decades ago when widespread vaccination efforts ended its persistent spread.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Today only tertiary remains as a common designation everywhere, even though it no longer represents a third period of anything.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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

You have three options: a will, beneficiary designations or a trust.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 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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