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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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.
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Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Editorials are the opinion of the Board and written by one of its members or a designee.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 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
Steven Hawkins Security failure Kew Gardens: With all due respect to the Secret Service personnel who risk their lives to protect their designee, there was a failure to properly evaluate the perimeter.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 July 2024
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Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Editorials are the opinion of the Board and written by one of its members or a designee.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 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
Steven Hawkins Security failure Kew Gardens: With all due respect to the Secret Service personnel who risk their lives to protect their designee, there was a failure to properly evaluate the perimeter.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 July 2024
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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designee. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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