How to Use designation in a Sentence

designation

noun

• Though many people call her a liberal, it is not a designation she uses herself.
• Elon Musk lost his designation as the world's richest person last week.
  — Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Dec. 2022
• Now comes the Q4 e-tron, and its designation at least helps place it within the greater Audi lineup.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 22 Dec. 2022
• That designation was approved a month after the disaster.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 13 Jan. 2023
• The agency also plans to drop its peak-fare designation during rush hour, charge low-income residents half price and keep bus fares unchanged.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
• The city says fixing and raising all private seawalls would not move Jefferson Chalmers out of the designation.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
• Here’s hoping that the designation of bitcoin as money becomes reality.
  — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
• But the College Board said those are part of the class and, if deleted, the course will not be able to carry the AP designation.
  — Leslie Postal, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Once prospective founders are set on their mission, the next task is gaining a 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS.
  — Richard Nalley, Robb Report, 2 Dec. 2023
• The designation was in honor of six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli troops in Gaza.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 May 2024
• This designation is based on the methods Hamas employs in pursuit of its goals.
  — Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
• Toney was ruled out of the Ravens game with a hip injury and was listed as questionable in the team’s final designation last week.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• In music, the Times gave SZA its designation of best album.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• Most moved to the medium grouping—and one category moved to the high designation in just four years.
  — Tensie Whelan, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2023
• Also, don’t let the Y.A. designation fool you: this book is a great read for everyone.
  — The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
• The designation is meant to expedite the process of gaining FDA approval.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 27 June 2023
• The alert level is the same travel designation given to Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2023
• These names bring life to the goals of the mission and the dreams of the people creating them, and carve out a designation to make a mark on the history of space exploration.
  — Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
• Twenty-one schools received the Green Ribbon designation from the state.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
• The state has labeled it a level 2 breach risk - a designation in the middle of the three-prong scale that means there is potential for dam failure.
  — CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The model designation can also be found on the doorsill plaques.
  — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 Jan. 2023
• The most recent expression was eight years old, which is well beyond the four years required by the BIB designation.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
• But the designations are informal and so loose as to be nonexistent at times.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
• The city of Geneva authorized a local landmark designation for the site in 2018.
  — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2023
• These days, the No. 1 designation is as close as recorded music gets to being embraced by the masses.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• And the wine must be tasted every year before it is put on the market—this designation is not a blanket approval.
  — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 6 June 2023
• In November 2022, with the eviction pending, the home won the historic designation from the city over the new owner’s objection.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• The organization keeps meticulous public records of all the sites around the world that have earned the designation.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2024
• Oso has even earned the Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand designation.
  — Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 20 July 2024
• Two restaurants — Sushi Ginza Onodera and n/naka — both dropped from a two-star designation to one star.
  — Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 7 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024