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as in naming
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 appointing
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 nominating
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that Takaichi would be nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
The president reportedly said that Pakistan was nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, implying that Modi should do the same.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
That left open the door to nominating someone else for a full 14-year term on the central bank’s board.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
To make a point, Ivey launched his own campaign nominating his goat, Clay Henry, for mayor.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Rachel met with Vince in the HOH room and thanked him for not nominating her.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
There is a world in which the actress once known as America’s sweetheart can turn the tide her way, with voters nominating her for Best Actress as a vote of confidence toward her purposefully polarizing character.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump could then gain tighter control over the Fed by nominating their replacements.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
There is even talk of nominating the Tabarchine saga for UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
—Miquel Ros, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
The president reportedly said that Pakistan was nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, implying that Modi should do the same.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
That left open the door to nominating someone else for a full 14-year term on the central bank’s board.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
To make a point, Ivey launched his own campaign nominating his goat, Clay Henry, for mayor.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
Rachel met with Vince in the HOH room and thanked him for not nominating her.
—David Wysong, The Enquirer, 29 Aug. 2025
There is a world in which the actress once known as America’s sweetheart can turn the tide her way, with voters nominating her for Best Actress as a vote of confidence toward her purposefully polarizing character.
—Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
Trump could then gain tighter control over the Fed by nominating their replacements.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominating
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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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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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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
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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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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.—
Emily Schwing,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
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Mamdani tried to moderate his positions in the waning weeks of the campaign, appearing on Fox News and apologizing to police officers for once labeling the NYPD as racist, wicked and corrupt.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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Instead of simply labeling a photo as a dog or a cat, researchers can now train models that compose music, draft text, or even invent new molecules.—
Chelsea Haney
October 30,
New Atlas,
30 Oct. 2025
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IMDb now accepts credits for dubbing foreign-language versions of movies and TV shows, which is just much better for those professionals to showcase their global work.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
5 Nov. 2025
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Voice actors can now submit dubbing credits on their IMDb profiles.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Nominating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nominating. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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