designation
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DHS can extend the program for a six, 12 or 18-month period or decide to cancel the designation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Choosing per stirpes can provide a hedge if a child has children before the beneficiary designation is updated, so that a deceased child’s share will pass on to their descendants.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
While the designation does not prevent all development on the headland, it does restrict the kind of changes owners to property within the boundary can make without first obtaining planning permission.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
There was a pair of silver-backed brushes his mother had given him when he was sixteen, engraved with his initials, the abbreviated degree designation of a doctor.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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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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