designate

Example Sentences

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Immigrant parents can choose to leave the country with their children or to designate someone to care for them, Bis said, which “is consistent with past administration’s policies.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

At that length, the Dodgers won’t need to designate long relievers to piggyback Ohtani’s starts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"We will designate naphtha as an item related to economic security by the end of the week," Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Even better, cut out the trust and family members entirely, and simply designate the timeshare company — or resort association or developer — as the beneficiary of your mother’s timeshare at your death.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Amaranta felt so uncomfortable with her defective diction and her habit of using euphemisms to designate everything that she would always speak gibberish in front of her.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez