as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
the director or a designee shall sign the report
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Recent Examples of designee
All of the custom fashions that Beyoncé enlisted top designees to make for the stage, with styling lead by Shiona Turini.
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
Buffalo possesses a backup variety pack with former Chicago Bears franchise-QB designee Mitchell Trubisky, former Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins backup Mike White and practice-squad veteran Shane Buechele.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Currently the council is made up of a representative from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, a designee from the state House speaker and another from the Senate president, and five public members appointed by the governor.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Two of the headliners — Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary designee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — ran into trouble as each tried to cajole Senate Republicans during tough hearings.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025
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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
Buffalo possesses a backup variety pack with former Chicago Bears franchise-QB designee Mitchell Trubisky, former Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets and Miami Dolphins backup Mike White and practice-squad veteran Shane Buechele.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Currently the council is made up of a representative from the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, a designee from the state House speaker and another from the Senate president, and five public members appointed by the governor.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Two of the headliners — Tulsi Gabbard and Health and Human Services Secretary designee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — ran into trouble as each tried to cajole Senate Republicans during tough hearings.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for designee
candidate
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The tribes noted that the result of the redistricting was that for the first time in 35 years, no Native American candidate was serving in the North Dakota Senate.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
24 July 2025
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Statistically, women are less likely to invest in digital assets and more likely to vote for candidates outside the Republican party.—
Becca Bratcher,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designee. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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