designated hitter

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noun Baseball.

a hitter selected prior to the start of the game to bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers without otherwise affecting the status of the pitchers in the game. Abbreviation: DH, dh

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Origin of designated hitter

An Americanism dating back to 1970–75

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How to use designated hitter in a sentence

Diagnosis of CTE is often considered to be specialized and has to occur at a designated institution like Boston University.
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Prior to that, Chinese state media had designated Obama as just one of many world leaders who had arrived in Beijing to see Xi.
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On December 10, the Specially Designated Secrets Law will go into effect.
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Furthermore, being designated as a victim of a separate genocide and not a Holocaust victim is precedent-setting.
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But there is allegedly none of that this time around on Further, a designated clean bus.
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(b) To open the Treasury vault, the presence of two persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury is required.
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The combination of the safe set apart for the use of the board will be controlled by two persons designated by the board.
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As far above the interference of man as is the government of the external universe, is that designated the covenant, as ordained.
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A case may arise in which other persons than those designated by statute may call a meeting.
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They need not be named if they can be otherwise identified, and may be designated in a separate paper prepared for that purpose.
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