How to Use designation in a Sentence

designation

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  • Though many people call her a liberal, it is not a designation she uses herself.
  • Elon Musk lost his designation as the world's richest person last week.
    — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Now comes the Q4 e-tron, and its designation at least helps place it within the greater Audi lineup.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That designation was approved a month after the disaster.
    — Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The agency also plans to drop its peak-fare designation during rush hour, charge low-income residents half price and keep bus fares unchanged.
    — Justin George, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The city says fixing and raising all private seawalls would not move Jefferson Chalmers out of the designation.
    — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Here’s hoping that the designation of bitcoin as money becomes reality.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • But the College Board said those are part of the class and, if deleted, the course will not be able to carry the AP designation.
    — Leslie Postal, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Once prospective founders are set on their mission, the next task is gaining a 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS.
    — Richard Nalley, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The designation was in honor of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza.
    — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 May 2024
  • This designation is based on the methods Hamas employs in pursuit of its goals.
    — Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Toney was ruled out of the Ravens game with a hip injury and was listed as questionable in the team’s final designation last week.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In music, the Times gave SZA its designation of best album.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Most moved to the medium grouping—and one category moved to the high designation in just four years.
    — Tensie Whelan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Also, don’t let the Y.A. designation fool you: this book is a great read for everyone.
    — The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
  • The designation is meant to expedite the process of gaining FDA approval.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 27 June 2023
  • The alert level is the same travel designation given to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
  • These names bring life to the goals of the mission and the dreams of the people creating them, and carve out a designation to make a mark on the history of space exploration.
    — Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Twenty-one schools received the Green Ribbon designation from the state.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The state has labeled it a level 2 breach risk - a designation in the middle of the three-prong scale that means there is potential for dam failure.
    — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The model designation can also be found on the doorsill plaques.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The most recent expression was eight years old, which is well beyond the four years required by the BIB designation.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • But the designations are informal and so loose as to be nonexistent at times.
    — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
  • The city of Geneva authorized a local landmark designation for the site in 2018.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • These days, the No. 1 designation is as close as recorded music gets to being embraced by the masses.
    — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • And the wine must be tasted every year before it is put on the market—this designation is not a blanket approval.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
  • In November 2022, with the eviction pending, the home won the historic designation from the city over the new owner’s objection.
    — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The organization keeps meticulous public records of all the sites around the world that have earned the designation.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Oso has even earned the Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand designation.
    — Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
  • Two restaurants — Sushi Ginza Onodera and n/naka — both dropped from a two-star designation to one star.
    — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 7 Aug. 2024

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