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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Both certifications hold the designees to a fiduciary standard, ensuring the client’s best interests are paramount in the planning and advising process.
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Lizzie Dipp Metzger, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
For a while, kickers were using balls that were essentially fresh out of the box, but in 2008 the league approved allowing a designee from each team to prepare the new balls on gameday in the officials’ locker room.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
More than fifty community colleges are partners across the thirty-one Tech Hub designees which will receive more than half a billion dollars in funding to create jobs and companies around technologies of the future, like quantum, semiconductors and personalized medicine.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Certain campus issues, including lockouts, lost property, disputes, and some drug and alcohol violations, will be addressed primarily by university designees outside the police department.
—Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
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Lizzie Dipp Metzger, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
For a while, kickers were using balls that were essentially fresh out of the box, but in 2008 the league approved allowing a designee from each team to prepare the new balls on gameday in the officials’ locker room.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
More than fifty community colleges are partners across the thirty-one Tech Hub designees which will receive more than half a billion dollars in funding to create jobs and companies around technologies of the future, like quantum, semiconductors and personalized medicine.
—Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Certain campus issues, including lockouts, lost property, disputes, and some drug and alcohol violations, will be addressed primarily by university designees outside the police department.
—Dana Munro, Baltimore Sun, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designee. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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