nominates

verb

present tense third-person singular of nominate
1
as in names
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 appoints
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 nominates Even though the president nominates agency leaders, those commissioners are confirmed by the Senate and must not be unfairly punished for exercising independent judgment, Potter said. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026 Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton to lead FEMA, a surprising comeback after the former Navy SEAL was fired last May for defending the agency’s existence amid calls to dismantle it. — Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 Under Iran’s system, the president traditionally nominates an intelligence minister only after securing approval from the supreme leader. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 The sections also clarify that in case a vice president takes office, the president nominates a new vice president, who then has to be confirmed by a majority vote in Congress. — Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 8 Apr. 2026 The quality of the candidates each party nominates for governor, Congress and the state Legislature in Wisconsin will matter this fall. — Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026 In the show, a concerned person nominates friends or family members on the brink of financial collapse to receive Collins’s financial guidance. — Victoria Baeza Garcia, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026 For the annual awards, an expert panel of 10Best editors nominates spots in various categories and invites the public to cast a vote for their favorites over a monthlong period, according to the news outlet’s website. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Mar. 2026 For the past 26 years, the Sloan Foundation has awarded annual screenwriting prizes at six partner film schools, and each school nominates one winning candidate for the best-of-the-best Grand Jury Prize. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominates
  1. names
  2. appoints
  3. calls
  4. assigns
  5. designates
  6. constitutes
  7. dubs
  8. entitles
Verb
  • This metadata names the component and assigns it a generation number that is incremented each time a new security fix ships.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • The suit names OpenAI; OpenAI’s Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer, and OpenAI hardware chief Tang Tan, who previously led iPhone and Apple Watch product design.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
Definition of names
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  • Citizen regents are selected by the broader board and their nominations handed over to Congress, which appoints them through a joint resolution that then has to be signed off on by the president.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • The president appoints people to the commission, although congressional leaders help come up with candidates -- and the Senate must confirm them.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of appoints
Verb
  • Cristobal calls change ‘a positive step’ This new process would have benefited Miami greatly last year when determining who would make the conference championship.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • These 126 spacecraft will be part of a larger LEO network that the SDA calls the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of calls
Verb
  • Water utilities should also consider a large-user tariff or capacity charge that assigns more of the dedicated infrastructure cost to the customer creating the demand.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • After downloading an app and registering members of your team (which must be an even number of players), the computer randomly assigns your run of games for the evening.
    — Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of assigns
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  • The ceasefire framework explicitly designates Iran and Oman to negotiate the strategic waterway’s future management, giving Araghchi’s visit to Muscat particular significance.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • The bill designates firing squads as the primary method of execution.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of designates
Verb
  • Over these six weeks, the standard of on-field refereeing was predictably unpredictable, given the wide range of views that exist in different countries on what constitutes a foul, caution or red card.
    — Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • That means astronomers will have to start coming up with better definitions for what constitutes an exomoon versus an exoplanet in the first place.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 July 2026
Definition of constitutes
Verb
  • That is, unless you’re motivated to pay individual device prices for a business-specific model (which Microsoft dubs Surface Laptop or Pro for Business).
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • The stockpiles in Cushing, Oklahoma – which dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of America – fell below 20 million barrels and remained below that critical threshold last week.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of dubs
Verb
  • The new agreement entitles lawyers to 45% of the settlement, which will be split evenly between the two firms.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • The lesson of Taylor is not that holding a powerful office entitles someone to go unchallenged.
    — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
Definition of entitles

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