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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

About that time, Scott — otherwise known as He Who Would Move Mountains — was designating Mike Pereira to do a four-month study of Pac-10 football officials, everything from training to general league practices.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2011

In the next house the accordion was beginning a new tune, was designating Jerusalem as its ha-appy home.

From Diana Tempest, Volume I (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary