designation
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Dr. Martin said researchers had already recognized that the Drimolen population of P. robustus was distinctive enough to receive a separate subspecies designation, P. Robustus ukusa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Republican designation is relatively new for Romero.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Google owner Alphabet is a gatekeeper under the DMA, a designation that requires it to take extra steps to ensure it isn’t stifling competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The community group co-manages the park with Haringey Council and has helped secure its designation as a site of importance for nature conservation.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
One was the designation of the Radiation Laboratory as an independent unit of the university, to ensure the “continuity and stability of the work.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Shortly after the designations, Sheinbaum appointed a new UIF director.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
After a divorce: Divorce is the most obvious trigger — but as Kleinfeldt’s case shows, wanting to update your beneficiary designations isn’t enough.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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
Those designations can help direct emergency assistance and other resources to affected communities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lyell originally intended to employ "–synchronous" for his endings, giving us such crunchy designations as Meiosynchronous and Pleiosynchronous.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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