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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Recent Examples of designee
Caproni’s order repeatedly emphasized that arbitration must allow its participants to vindicate their rights, and that Goodell or a designee of his choosing serving as the arbitrator is inconsistent with that requirement.
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Today, Mike Rhoades is Commissioner Glen Mulready’s personal designee to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board of the department’s group insurance division.
—J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 10 Feb. 2026
For video footage to be released, a consensus must be reached between the police chief or designee, the Johnson County district attorney’s office, city management and their public safety attorney.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
The superintendent or a designee may consult with the district’s lawyers as needed to determine whether a request should be granted.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Today, Mike Rhoades is Commissioner Glen Mulready’s personal designee to the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board of the department’s group insurance division.
—J.c. Hallman, Oklahoman, 10 Feb. 2026
For video footage to be released, a consensus must be reached between the police chief or designee, the Johnson County district attorney’s office, city management and their public safety attorney.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2026
The superintendent or a designee may consult with the district’s lawyers as needed to determine whether a request should be granted.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for designee
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Tony nominees and close friends Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch embrace inside the 79th Annual Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press event in New York City on May 14.—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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So, of course, the latest movie from the two-time Oscar nominee, his first feature in close to a decade, is highly anticipated.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt took his campaign to South Los Angeles on Wednesday, in a neighborhood incumbent Mayor Karen Bass represented during her years in Congress.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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“Designee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/designee. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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