designate
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Raman co-presented the motion to designate Vega Square, along with Councilmember Rodriguez, according to documents filed in March.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
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
First, no legal authority exists to designate domestic organizations as terrorist groups.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 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
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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
The Five-Year Plan designates quantum as one of seven frontier technologies, with coordinated commercialization efforts focused on a smaller set of institutions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
In fact, the term “graphic art,” which designates drawings and prints, comes from the Greek word for writing, graphos.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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The State Department designated him as wrongfully detained last year and Hubbard and the U.S. have denied he was a mercenary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Glastonbury Festival requires those who bought a coach ticket to to board their designated coach for the initial journey to the festival, or entry could be denied.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The government has additionally designated treatment and isolation facilities across the country, and health workers have been trained to deal with the disease.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
California has designated its first tribal-championed marine protected areas, often described as underwater parks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
A massive statue of a peacock carved from turquoise was arranged in one corner, and in the center, an open space was designated as a stage.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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A panel of judges, following the law, refused to allow Habba to serve in an interim capacity, forcing Trump to withdraw her name from consideration for the job, designating her acting U.S. attorney instead.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 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
The U.S. held a near-monopoly on the gas, designating it a strategic resource and prohibiting its exportation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He never declared which of these times we were to abide by, however—which was curious, considering how much he’d talked about the importance of designating a hard deadline and sticking to it no matter what.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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