designate
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At that length, the Dodgers won’t need to designate long relievers to piggyback Ohtani’s starts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
The administration has worked to designate the Salvadoran deportees as members of criminal gangs, including MS-13.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
Wolves have been observed swatting the birds away, even appearing to designate a pack member to stand guard.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last week he would designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk, but both sides had continued talking in hopes of finding a deal, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
The war, which until then had been only a word to designate a vague and remote circumstance, became a concrete and dramatic reality.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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