as in nominee
one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty
the director or a designee shall sign the report
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Just this month, Education Secretary designee Linda McMahon made the case for reducing the role of the department in relation to states which are more proximate to regional education and – and workforce – needs.
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Maria Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Secretary designee McMahon voiced her support for the House version of the proposal last year.
—Maria Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Secondly, the legislation empowers state’s attorneys to alert school superintendents or their designee if a student is suspected of committing a violent felony.
—Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The ordinance allows the Sacramento County Sheriff and other county departments or designees to inspect the premises at any time.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
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Maria Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Secretary designee McMahon voiced her support for the House version of the proposal last year.
—Maria Flynn, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Secondly, the legislation empowers state’s attorneys to alert school superintendents or their designee if a student is suspected of committing a violent felony.
—Chris Papst, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2025
The ordinance allows the Sacramento County Sheriff and other county departments or designees to inspect the premises at any time.
—Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 8 Jan. 2025
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Even before Trump’s inauguration, Facebook owner Meta abandoned its practice of considering diverse candidates for open roles.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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The researchers—an international team led from Taiwan's National Tsing Hua University—found a candidate for the new world by comparing data from two all-sky surveys.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designee. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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