designate

Example Sentences

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A Ford spokesman said the company doesn’t designate parking spots for company and competitor vehicles at its corporate facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

At that length, the Dodgers won’t need to designate long relievers to piggyback Ohtani’s starts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The administration has worked to designate the Salvadoran deportees as members of criminal gangs, including MS-13.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

There has also been a push in Congress led by Massachusetts Democrat Representative Ayanna Pressley with more than 170 supporters for legislation to require the administration to designate Haiti for TPS.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez