designate
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Flash makers typically had to designate Apple as a “most favored customer,” which guaranteed that no other buyer got a lower price, according to people familiar with the agreements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Binational Race USA’s managing director, Valerie Rivera, said the towing incidents took place at San Ysidro Village Shopping Center, which organizers didn’t designate or promote as an official parking area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The agency did not designate Graham, Clyburn and Wilson that way, but the agents were actively investigating their interactions with Kao.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
They can also designate an entire area a face mask-free zone for the duration of a protest.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Warders’ lunch boxes were known as “suitcases” and normally a warder would designate a prisoner, usually his favorite, to carry his “suitcase,” and then reward him with half a sandwich.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Many vessels chose not to contact the Houthis, which the U.S. sanctions and designates as a foreign terrorist organization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The White House official said Dans is one of two commission members the law designates as representatives of “the interests of industry.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 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
The case stems 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 ● Jun. 13, 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
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My older brother has since named me executor of his will and designated me as his sole beneficiary.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
When an engineered T cell encounters its designated target, such as a protein associated with cancer, it becomes activated and attacks the cell carrying that marker.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
State lawmakers, including Newsom, have pushed for the site to be designated a “Superfund” priority site in the hopes that it would bring in additional federal funding to accelerate cleanup efforts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The entire building is already designated as a National Historic Landmark, which is intended to prevent against sudden changes to the building.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
We still get to keep it since officially it’s the designated dwelling of my mother and sister.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Ballard, 57, of Mill Valley, will serve alongside eight other commissioners tasked with designating state historical landmarks and preserving the state’s cultural heritage, following the appointment made Friday evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The details around his physical condition are particularly consequential because Xi has concentrated extraordinary power in his hands while designating no successor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
These are mostly the same issues that sank previous rounds, including a cap on plastic production, mention of human health, and designating problematic plastic products or chemicals of concern.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
James Fisk, who supervised the American side of the talks with a diplomatic skill unexpected of a scientific appointee, brought home an agreement designating the detection of nuclear bomb tests as “technically feasible.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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