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nominate

[nom-uh-neyt, nom-uh-nit] / ˈnɒm əˌneɪt, ˈnɒm ə nɪt /


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The plane maker can also nominate a director to Archer’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

If she is still of sound mind, she can amend her will and nominate someone else.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Before Slaughter, presidents who wanted to reshape a multimember commission generally needed to wait for the commissioners’ terms to expire to nominate replacements who shared their policy preferences.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

The process to elect a new Labour leader starts on Thursday, when the window for MPs to nominate candidates opens.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

I didn’t vote for Courtney or even Jessica, who I wanted to nominate.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

On Thursday, he thanked the PSD ministers "for their cooperation over the past 10 months" and announced the interim ministers he nominates to replace them.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

For instance, the bar nominates candidates to the board that adjudicates lawyers’ misconduct, and helps to set the board’s budget.

From Slate Apr. 24, 2025

Likewise, the state’s Conservative Party normally nominates the same candidate as the Republicans.

From Salon Oct. 26, 2024

The astronomical agency nominates a picture each day which it believes best captures the fascinating depths of our universe, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2024

An antislavery coalition forms the Free Soil party and nominates former president Martin Van Buren as its candidate.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Short already was profiled in the 2026 Netflix documentary “Marty, Life Is Short,” nominated for three Emmys in its own right.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Daiwa views that as strong evidence the industry is moving from sample testing toward nominated production programs.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The party’s voters nominated Graham in June, shortly before his unexpected death in early July.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

"The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted," judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

In March 2012, President Obama nominated him to be president of the World Bank, a post to which he won election three months later.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

But so, too, was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sharply curtailed the Democratic nominating fight.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Despite nominating former boss Nandy in the 2020 contest to replace him, eventual winner Sir Keir Starmer promoted her into the shadow cabinet as shadow Northern Ireland secretary, before she later became shadow transport secretary.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

It helps to understand who does the nominating.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Incoming presidents therefore inherit holdover commissioners, nominating new members for Senate consideration as vacancies emerge.

From Slate Jul. 6, 2026

Maybe this was even better than nominating Courtney.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott




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