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
Some districts, including Montgomery County in Maryland, are designating the days as “Professional Learning Days,” when teachers must work but students do not attend classes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
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
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
