designate
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She said if Stormont is serious about Bengoa's report and improving the health care system they "must enshrine this absolute right in law" for patients to designate an essential family carer.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Wristbands designate how much parents love their children: enough for the all-access pass or just enough for access to the scruffy llama at the pop-up petting zoo?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
They’ve already succeeded in convincing the government to designate the Vjosa Narta river area as a national park.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The third requires the government to consider economic and national security tradeoffs when deciding whether to designate a particular area as "critical habitat."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
He couldn’t see it, of course, though later he said he had felt it come forward, had perceived it with the kind of knowledge that had made the people designate Seer as his true name.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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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
Second, the order designates as an organization something the FBI’s past leadership has described as an ideology.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
I look up and see Plutarch Heavensbee in the magnificent purple robe with the fur-trimmed collar that designates him as Head Gamemaker.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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The historic venue was recently removed from a list of designated protest sites.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Unified, 53 schools are designated for students rated as “gifted,” and there are four campuses with programs for highly gifted students, typically identified by a professional evaluator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Jane Doe also alleged that her sorority failed “to adequately train its designated sober monitors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The dogs are also an important national symbol, having been officially designated part of Peru's cultural heritage in 2000.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
He designated his new wife as the person to whom the flag should be presented.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The ballot measure also would make a major change to gubernatorial recall elections by automatically designating the lieutenant governor as the replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Its actions Tuesday included designating a Turkish company it said helped Mahan ship goods including drone components to Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release," the blog said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 2025, the Onion ran a spoof headline imagining the State Department designating the league a terrorist organization.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
On August 11, 1919, the AFL granted a charter to the Boston Social Club, designating it as Boston Police Union No. 16,807.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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