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designate

[dez-ig-neyt, dez-ig-nit, -neyt] / ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt, ˈdɛz ɪg nɪt, -ˌneɪt /




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First, no legal authority exists to designate domestic organizations as terrorist groups.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

For clients who like to pick stocks, advisers may designate a “play money” bucket.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

“After thoughtful discussions, the City of West Hollywood, the WeHo Pride production team, and Kathy Hilton have determined that the 2026 WeHo Pride Parade will not designate a Grand Marshal Icon honoree,” read the statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

A wildlife haven in Ayrshire has been "trashed" due to a four-year wait over whether or not to designate the site for protection, according to environmental campaigners.

From BBC May 3, 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

Second, the order designates as an organization something the FBI’s past leadership has described as an ideology.

From Salon Jul. 23, 2026

China’s latest Five-Year Plan explicitly designates it as one of seven “future industries” set to drive national growth.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

It also designates all existing and active idle wells as “nonconforming uses,” meaning they may only operate during the phaseout period and are no longer compliant with current zoning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

A guardian in the legal sense is usually someone a court designates to be in charge of medical and personal decisions for an incapacitated person.

From MarketWatch Jan. 26, 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

However, the testing only takes place during the bathing water season, which runs from 15 May until the end of September, and only at sites that have been already designated as bathing waters.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

They also designated right-hander Chayce McDermott for assignment to clear room on the 40-man roster.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

The vessel is then forced to drop anchor at a designated spot to rectify its problems, sometimes for more than a month, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Before the Dodgers’ 4-2 win against the Mariners on Wednesday, they activated closer Edwin Díaz and designated left-hander Charlie Barnes for assignment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

I sit with my teammates in the designated spot in the bleachers and when Erin comes out I see that she’s changed her jersey number to 18—my new number.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Her letter also called for the government to consider designating Heyford Park and its surrounding area as a priority monitoring site for the chemicals - known as PFAS.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

You can do this by designating a child as an authorized user, which is a person added to a credit-card account by the primary cardholder, although some issuers have age minimums as low as 13.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

“For the first time in the program’s history, EPA is designating both microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminant groups,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 2, 2026

That led to the Department of Defense designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk and barring the use of its tools at the Pentagon, following a six-month phase-out.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Each library cart was labeled with two laminated cards: one with the name of a team, the other designating a range of Dewey decimal numbers.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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