nominate
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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
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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
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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
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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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