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As the former head of the State Department’s office that recommended to the secretary of state which groups to designate, I’ve been involved in the designations of hundreds of individuals and organizations.

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 Defense Department has faced legal challenges for the process it uses to designate Chinese companies as military entities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

“After thoughtful discussions, the City of West Hollywood, the WeHo Pride production team, and Kathy Hilton have determined that the 2026 WeHo Pride Parade will not designate a Grand Marshal Icon honoree,” read the statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Christian mystics devoted much energy to deciphering the number 666, said by John the Apostle to designate the name of the Beast of the Apocalypse, the Antichrist.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The case stemmed from a broader legal dispute over the renaming of the cultural institution, which US law designates as a memorial to President John F Kennedy.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

The U.S. rightly designates GPS as critical infrastructure, but the reference frame that gives every GPS signal its meaning enjoys no such protection.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Known as the Record of Emergency Data, this form designates that beneficiaries get $100,000 tax-free cash and any unreceived payments after a servicemember dies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

To initiate spatial teleportation, the traveler enters the STM with the EGG and designates their chosen timeprint.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Its products also recently started recognizing designated people and alerting the homeowner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

In a corresponding move, they designated right-hander Jonathan Hernández for assignment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The Chinese government has designated robotics a strategic industry, and says that by last year, more than 140 Chinese companies had already launched more than 330 humanoid robot models.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Each account has designated beneficiaries, and those beneficiaries are aware that I hold her power of attorney.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Hundreds of employees who had been designated as emergency workers headed for an earthquake-proof structure called the seismic isolated building, which was set back from the water.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026

Her letter also called for the government to consider designating Heyford Park and its surrounding area as a priority monitoring site for the chemicals - known as PFAS.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But as Exxon replies, a “substantial portion of the S&P 500 including the majority of Delaware incorporated issuers, maintain exclusive-forum provisions designating a single court for internal affairs litigation.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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