1
as in choosing
to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority
the designated time for the meeting
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as in appointing
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
he has yet to designate his successor as head of the firm
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3
as in naming
to give a name to
he was designated "Air Jordan" by his fans
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Recent Examples of designating
Alaska's emergency management division does not have formal agreements with the state's education department designating schools as emergency shelters, and neither agency has funding to help maintain schools specifically as emergency shelters.
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Emily Schwing, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The pews are filled with young families who sit next to older men and women adorned in speciality attire, designating their involvement with either the women's ministry or men's ministry.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Apart from operating results, the quarter also saw the stunning resolution to a long-running family drama, as patriarch Rupert Murdoch reached a settlement designating his son, Lachlan, as principal heir to his media empire.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
The conservative Heritage Foundation, the architects of Project 2025, have encouraged the President to focus on transgender people and their families, designating them as domestic terrorists.
—Colleen Hamilton, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
Another 13 have a hold rating on it, with one designating it as underperform.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Congress approved a resolution designating Tuesday as a day of remembrance for Kirk, who was assassinated while at a Turning Point USA event last month, honoring him on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
Despite the irony of her preoccupation with designer labels designating her as the stuffy one in the Spice Girls, she was met with scorn by the fashion establishment.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
However, one of the corresponding moves was the team designating Alek Manoah for assignment.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Emily Schwing, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
The pews are filled with young families who sit next to older men and women adorned in speciality attire, designating their involvement with either the women's ministry or men's ministry.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Nov. 2025
Apart from operating results, the quarter also saw the stunning resolution to a long-running family drama, as patriarch Rupert Murdoch reached a settlement designating his son, Lachlan, as principal heir to his media empire.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
The conservative Heritage Foundation, the architects of Project 2025, have encouraged the President to focus on transgender people and their families, designating them as domestic terrorists.
—Colleen Hamilton, Them., 30 Oct. 2025
Another 13 have a hold rating on it, with one designating it as underperform.
—Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
Congress approved a resolution designating Tuesday as a day of remembrance for Kirk, who was assassinated while at a Turning Point USA event last month, honoring him on what would have been his 32nd birthday.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025
Despite the irony of her preoccupation with designer labels designating her as the stuffy one in the Spice Girls, she was met with scorn by the fashion establishment.
—Scarlett Harris, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
However, one of the corresponding moves was the team designating Alek Manoah for assignment.
—Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for designating
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When choosing a supplement, look for products independently tested or certified by organizations such as the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), United States Pharmacopeia (USP), or ConsumerLab.—
Nancy LeBrun,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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But that goes back to choosing whether to make the right decision or the wrong.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Nov. 2025
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Putin on November 4 signed a decree, appointing a more junior official, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, to head up the delegation.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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The agreement also lets Boeing choose its own compliance consultant rather than appointing an independent monitor.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Tennessean is not naming those charged until additional information is provided.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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The release did not disclose the terms of the naming rights deal.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Arizona is planning a travelling museum that will bring the state’s most treasured historical artifacts to all fifteen of its counties, setting them up in parks, schools, libraries, and civic centers.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Mitchell finished with 29 points, as did De’Antre Hunter in setting a season-high, while Evan Mobley went for 24 points and Sam Merrill dished out eight assists.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Even calling it a magazine is a conscious way of trying to distinguish the work producers are putting months and months of effort into recording and writing from what podcasting has become.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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The negative reviews — some going as far as calling All’s Fair the worst show ever with the worst acting — triggered a new media cycle of stories.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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According to researchers at Penn State’s Materials Research Institute, the characteristics of nanotubes can be precisely tuned by selecting specific atomic compositions.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Get the most from your investment by selecting trees that provide year-round beauty.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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One director of the Innocenti, who came aboard in the mid-fifteen-hundreds, simply stopped assigning girls to outside domestic work, owing to rampant rape and abuse.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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In the Thursday hearing, Friedman set Curran’s bond at $6,000, assigning a $1,000 for the injunction violation and $5,000 for the battery, records show.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Designating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designating. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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