designation
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“Withholding the three specific statutory powers mentioned in the revised designation order in reality withholds nothing,” Seabright wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
International options also abound, including It’s Pho Time and Bethlehem Restaurant & Grocery, reflecting Roanoke’s designation as a city for refugee resettlement in Virginia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It is now investigating how those sites are being managed, external by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, after it found implementation of the designation fell short.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The regulatory process reached an important milestone in 2024, when MeRT received an FDA Breakthrough Device designation.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Spontaneously the throng began to sing “My Country ’Tis of Thee,” which many thought of as the national anthem although no song had yet received that designation.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The new designations make the “network more connected,” Aylesworth added, “something that is important as the impacts of climate change threaten ocean health.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Shortly after the designations, Sheinbaum appointed a new UIF director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The United States has already applied similar designations to other Ecuadorian gangs, Venezuela's Tren de Aragua and Mexico's Sinaloa cartel.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The USDA, for example, relies on the maps as part of a "fast track" process for issuing disaster designations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Their designations reflected their use: fighters—also called pursuit planes—were assigned letters F or P: for example, the Chance Vought F4U Corsair or the North American P-51 Mustang.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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