designation
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The designation is the strictest standard in the US legal system.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Goleta, municipal code classifies licensed gun stores as “general retail,” the same designation given to shops selling sporting goods, clothing, furniture and a wide variety of other items.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The maker of ChatGPT will also hold a board designation right, as long as it owns more than 5% of outstanding capital stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
AD109 has received Fast Track designation from the FDA for the treatment of OSA, reflecting the need for effective and well-tolerated drug therapies for the condition.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 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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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
But these designations do not overcome the environmental hurdles.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Your attorney should coordinate your will, beneficiary designations, charitable gifts and executor stipulations so they all work like clockwork.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Even if properly implemented, these terrorism designations won’t magically defeat Islamism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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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