designate
verb (used with object)
to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
are designating
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present progressiveof designate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"It is the first model we are designating at this level, and requires stronger safeguards during development and before release," the blog said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The authorities are designating 425 shelters for use in a nuclear emergency and are outfitting them with necessary supplies, he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
It was a customer — purchasing dry beans, avocados, honey wheat bread and a $2.99 bottle of wine — who notified me that “some states are designating grocery workers the same as emergency personnel now.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020
Looking at the distribution of EMUs could help officials to pinpoint the boundaries of those areas, or to make sure they are designating enough waters to capture all the biogeographic diversity.
From Nature ● Jan. 2, 2017
By play we are designating, no longer what is done fruitlessly, but whatever is done spontaneously and for its own sake, whether it have or not an ulterior utility.
From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana
