5 sentences with 'designate'

Example sentences and phrases with the word designate and other words derived from it.

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« The term fundamentalism does not precisely designate any particular movement, although it is mainly associated with groups that hold so-called theocratic ways of thinking. »
« The term "genocide" was adopted immediately after World War II because of the need to designate, to name, the most horrendous crime perpetrated by the Nazi regime: the systematic, state-directed murder of European Jews. »
« The British settlement where the Romans made their stronghold was Londinium, a name as obscure as the Thames, which has resisted all attempts to find its origin and meaning. So the Romans used the Latin ending to designate their fortification, which became Londinium. »
« An even more important power of the Roman Senate was its ability to designate funds for war and public construction, which gave it enormous power over what the Roman government actually did, since the Senate could simply cut off funding for projects with which it disagreed. »
« The name Ireland comes from an even older name for the people who lived on a small island east of Britain. That island has been Celtic throughout its history. It still is. And the name used to designate those who lived there was Eire. From there, from "land of the Eire" (Eireland) comes Ireland. »

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