designated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Officially designated as the Legacy Tower, Smith himself fixates on that word — “legacy.”
From Los Angeles Times
Last September, the U.S. military announced an attack in northeastern Somalia targeting a weapons dealer for the Islamist militia Al-Shabaab, a U.S.-designated terrorist group.
From Salon
Data centres already receive preferential treatment in planning as they have been designated critical national infrastructure, meaning they can not be blocked by local objections.
From BBC
Four "bunker parties" were held in places such as underground parking lots that have been specially designated as bomb shelters.
From Barron's
The lawsuit follows the Department of Defense designated Anthropic a supply chain risk after the company refused to let its technology be used in all lawful cases.
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