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as in to name
to give a name to
this first drawing, which we'll nominate as Plan A, shows how the house would look with the smaller annex
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2
as in to appoint
to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty
the U.S. Constitution directs the president to nominate ambassadors
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Recent Examples of nominate
Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at [email protected].
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And yet, Fed board members are nominated by the president and must be approved by the Senate.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Tariq, who gave birth to her first child while Khartoum was under siege, has played an active role in the Emergency Response Rooms, a community group that was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year for their life-saving work during the civil war.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Take a look at some of the titles nominated for the best narrative award at BAFTA’s upcoming Games Awards ceremony - Black Myth: Wukong adapted the 16th century Chinese novel, Journey to the West while Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is entrenched in Icelandic mythology.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
And yet, Fed board members are nominated by the president and must be approved by the Senate.
—Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 7 Apr. 2025
Tariq, who gave birth to her first child while Khartoum was under siege, has played an active role in the Emergency Response Rooms, a community group that was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize last year for their life-saving work during the civil war.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 6 Apr. 2025
Take a look at some of the titles nominated for the best narrative award at BAFTA’s upcoming Games Awards ceremony - Black Myth: Wukong adapted the 16th century Chinese novel, Journey to the West while Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II is entrenched in Icelandic mythology.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nominate
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It wasn’t named in the companion antitrust cases of Hubbard or Carter, either.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Council recently was named third-team all-Atlantic 10 after averaging 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game during the 2024-25 season.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2025
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And the real question in everybody’s mind, including at LVMH which just appointed one of its veterans to run its Watches Division, an indication of tougher times, is: will there be enough space for all these brands going forward?—
Stéphane JG Girod,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Since Slot was appointed last summer, the style and system have been tweaked, and Alexander-Arnold’s role has been adapted too.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Those in need of shelter from the cold can call 211 to check availability of beds.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2023
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Their children’s schoolmates call the sisters the Puffling Queens.—
Cheryl Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Feb. 2023
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Three different judges assigned to each of the cases — appointed by two different presidents — have agreed to temporarily block portions of the orders while proceedings move forward.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Analyst Christopher Nardone is getting bullish on the fashion company, assigning it a buy rating and a $318 target, which would translate about 44% upside potential over the coming year.—
Sean Conlon,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2025
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By law, Musk, designated a special government employee, may only formally work for the government for 130 days, or a little over four months.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
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The drug cartel organization was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in February.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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But many economists — like the majority of Americans — do not believe trade imbalances necessarily constitute a problem in and of themselves.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2025
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Anthony also allegedly asked the officer if what had happened constituted self-defense.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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In a February interview with Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs, said that the upcoming launch for Amazon, dubbed Kuiper 1 by ULA and Kuiper Atlas 1 (KA-01) by Amazon, was the first of many planned for the year.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
4 Apr. 2025
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Both Bloomberg and The Information reported last month that a number of these AI models, which Microsoft has dubbed MAI, produced results that proved competitive with rival products from OpenAI and Anthropic on accepted benchmarks.—
Ece Yildirim,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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Whether a defendant who produces credible evidence of such a final, unanimous, and unannounced acquittal is entitled to a post-trial hearing to substantiate the fact of such acquittal.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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That includes Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which says students are entitled to reasonable accommodations, such as scheduled breaks for a child with diabetes to have a snack or check their insulin levels.—
Jonaki Mehta,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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