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designees

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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 designees Treatment directors can sometimes initiate commitments In limited cases, a treatment director or their designees can also initiate the Chapter 51 process. — Eva Wen, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026 More than a dozen people would serve on the commission, including the director of the Maryland Historical Trust, state archivist, secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services, secretary of General Services and the Prince George’s County executive, or their designees. — William J. Ford, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2026 David Ellison‘s Skydance Media today unveiled the full slate of director designees for the new Paramount Skydance. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025

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Eiren’s pick now advances to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which will winnow submissions from countries around the world down to a shortlist of 15 films before narrowing to five nominees.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Jolly and Nixon are as willing and able as any nominees ever to take the real issues to the people, to speak truth to power.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026

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Meanwhile, outside the five districts that Democrats hope to switch, there are safely Democratic districts where progressive candidates are jousting with mainstream rivals, a subset of the national party’s ideological conflict.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Two possible Democratic 2028 presidential candidates — ex-Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rahm Emanuel, an ex-Chicago mayor who was President Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff — have campaigned with Powell.

— Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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