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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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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
Time Out of Mind won the Grammy for Album of the Year, incredibly the first Dylan solo album to even be nominated for the category (Dylan also appeared on George Harrison’s The Concert for Bangladesh, which won the award in 1973).
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump’s victory meant that he would’ve been entitled to nominate roughly two dozen of the new seats over the course of his White House term.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Under current proposals, a holding company would act as the parent of both firms and be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with Honda — which has a market capitalization around four times that of Nissan — nominating most board members of the new entity.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
School representatives such as teachers, counselors, club advisers, communication staff and principals can nominate these high school students by 5 p.m. on Thursdays.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2024
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
President-elect Trump’s victory meant that he would’ve been entitled to nominate roughly two dozen of the new seats over the course of his White House term.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Under current proposals, a holding company would act as the parent of both firms and be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with Honda — which has a market capitalization around four times that of Nissan — nominating most board members of the new entity.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
School representatives such as teachers, counselors, club advisers, communication staff and principals can nominate these high school students by 5 p.m. on Thursdays.
—Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2024
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Fisherman is named as an accomplice in one of those but has not been accused in any of the brothers’ other crimes.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
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She has been named one of seven influential women in dance music ...Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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In July 2023, Beijing appointed a PLA Navy deputy commander as the Rocket Force's new commander and an Air Force officer as its new political commissar.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The president-elect appointed his in-law businessman Massad Boulus as his Arab world adviser.Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.Emily Baker-White, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
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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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The astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth in February aboard a Dragon spacecraft with two other crew members assigned to NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission, scheduled to lift off for the space station on Sept. 24, according to the agency.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Should Willis' disqualification stand, jurisdiction over the Trump case will shift to a nonpartisan state agency, the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, known as PAC, which must decide whom to assign it to next.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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For years, local officials pressed the federal government to adopt Denali since Alaska officially designated it as the mountain peak's name in 1975.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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Because of his age, however, Sasaki has been designated an amateur international free agent and can sign only a minor league contract, rendering Steve Cohen’s deep pockets moot.Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Will Professors Remain The Gatekeepers Of Knowledge? Traditionally, professors have held the authority to determine what constitutes correct information in the classrooms.Martin Gutmann, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Serpentine Dance constitutes an excellent example of what the industry created to entice and enchant audiences.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent reports, however, point to a new mass-market Tesla codenamed Redwood, dubbed Model Q by Deutsche Bank, due in mid-2025.Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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An Ohio corn maze dubbed the Field of (Wildest) Dreams.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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We are all entitled to our own opinions and beliefs.Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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For example, your Honor, if there is a joint investigation, that implicates certain discovery obligations in the Manhattan DA case that they—that if that case is proceeding, we'll be entitled to discovery.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Nominate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nominate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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