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nominate

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


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US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would nominate acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent position.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

In this case, EY says anyone can nominate a colleague and the idea is to reward someone in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Nesbitt's decision to quit leaves the party seven days to nominate a replacement.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Securities and Exchange Commission, Boeing agreed to take a nearly 20% stake in Archer and is allowed to nominate one person to Archer’s board of directors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

And she became positively irate when she found out that Woodhull planned to use the National’s membership as the basis of a political party that would nominate her for president.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Those roles are separate from the Fed Board of Governors’ chair and vice chair positions, which the president nominates and the Senate confirms.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 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

But, that’s not all: Anybody who nominates an official whose eyes seem to need fixing will receive $1,000 off their own Lasik procedure.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2024

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

From Salon Oct. 26, 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

After his reelection in 1832, Jackson nominated Kendall to be postmaster general.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

And Ivy was nominated in honour of a nine-month-old Labrador puppy affectionately known as "the absolute destructor".

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

A new commissioner nominated by Trump, Brett Matsumoto, took office earlier this month.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

The collection topped the Billboard 200 the week of release and went on to be nominated for multiple Grammys, winning four.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The day after Byerley was nominated perfunctorily, hollowly—a newspaper finally published the gist of a long interview with Dr. Susan Calvin, “world famous expert on robopsychology and positronics.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

"I'm not nominating anyone for sainthood here. What I am telling you is that this is a person that, in the past, has been helpful to the United States government," the official added.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 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

However, the upcoming convention will look more like the sort of nominating conventions that dominated party politics prior to the widespread adoption of the primary election nominating process.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Infiniti was overlooked at the Oscars for her lead turn in “One Battle After Another,” but Emmy voters did right by her, nominating her formidable work in the sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

I take a deep breath and prepare to act surprised when she tells me she’s nominating me for the study abroad program.

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson




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