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as in to name
to give a name to
this first drawing, which we'll nominate as Plan A, shows how the house would look with the smaller annex
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as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the U.S. Constitution directs the president to nominate ambassadors
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Recent Examples of nominate
The Emmys 2025 features Jenna Ortega as a presenter, though the previous year she was nominated for best actress in a comedy.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2025
Last year both the first runner-up Emilia Pérez and second runner-up Anora went on to a collective 19 Oscar nominations between them, both nominated for Best Picture, with Anora winning.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Only shows that aired in those 12 months were nominated.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2025
Last year both the first runner-up Emilia Pérez and second runner-up Anora went on to a collective 19 Oscar nominations between them, both nominated for Best Picture, with Anora winning.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2025
Only shows that aired in those 12 months were nominated.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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The Republican two-term president tapped Attorney General Pam Bondi to take temporary command of DC's police department and named Terry Cole, administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the interim federal commissioner of the police department.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The declaration also names the FBI, the DOJ, and the Executive Office of the President as defendants.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Sep. 2025
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While his fingerprints are all over the new magazine, Enninful has not appointed himself its editor-in-chief, instead asking his former Vogue deputy Sarah Harris to lead as editorial director.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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When Husseini campaigned to be appointed grand mufti, he was opposed by Raghib al Nashashibi, the mayor of Jerusalem.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Was this what some people called analytic contentment?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Laura Ashley has also worked with fragrance specialists Freckleface on a handmade candle called Vintage 100 that combines two of Laura’s favorite scents, English rose and wild blackberries.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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His initial mentality is to be efficient while getting the necessary outs that are assigned.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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As Oracle matures from a high-growth story to a large-cap dividend play, the market might assign lower multiples than our 40x assumption, particularly if interest rates remain elevated.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Phillies could be interested in adding some more depth and Hampson is suddenly an option after the Cardinals designated him for assignment on Sunday.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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That means confirming new services are onboarded to monitoring platforms, logging is structured and contextual and alerting rules are properly designated.—
Ronak Desai,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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While portfolio credit quality showed signs of stabilizing in the most recent quarter, one quarter doesn’t constitute a comeback.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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What constitutes an unacceptable season for the Yankees these days, and how much does Boone bear responsibility when the team doesn't perform up to those standards?—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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The event, dubbed GW250114, became known in January when researchers spotted it with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a set of two identical instruments located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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And that sensitivity enabled the collaboration to record the sharpest gravitational wave signal thus far, dubbed GW250114.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The complaint alleges Johnson failed to disclose restricted stock units entitling him to 330,000 shares in his January 2024 bankruptcy petition.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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