- present participle of designate.
designating
Example Sentences
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Ware also suggests designating a spot in, or near each room, to be your processing center.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The ballot measure also would make a major change to gubernatorial recall elections by automatically designating the lieutenant governor as the replacement.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
"It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release," the blog said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 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
