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Since there may not be settlers available to move into a cleared-out area at a given moment, such areas are often designated as "state land" or "nature reserves" and reserved for future use.

Biden has designated six monuments and expanded four, including enlarging the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument near Los Angeles by nearly a third earlier this year.

The PKK is designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU, the UK and the US.

In NSYNC, Bass was designated to portray the shy member archetype.

The designated businesses changed regularly, and by late in the day they sometimes turned people away.