designate
verb (used with object)
to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
was designating
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past progressiveof designate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Army’s 10th Mountain Division, Mr. Biden said he was designating 53,804 acres of rugged landscape the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
The Warsaw city government announced this month, with some fanfare, that it was designating a derelict and longtime legally contested Russian compound on the city’s southern outskirts for use by Ukrainian refugees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
During the White House event, which was centered around the coronavirus pandemic, Trump announced that he was designating the month of May as Older Americans Month.
From Fox News ● Apr. 30, 2020
When he called CPC to inform them he was designating $150,000 to the clinic, he was told the money would help people currently waiting for housing.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2018
Both Carver and Peter Gross understood that he was designating how much longer the shadow must grow.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
