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The phrase "a designation that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific title, label, or term that identifies or categorizes something.
Example: "The term 'CEO' is a designation that signifies the highest-ranking executive in a company."
Alternatives: "a title that" or "a label that".
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In 1940, the Pennsylvania approach to the bridge was designated as Pennsylvania Route 709, a designation that would last six years, being decommissioned in 1946.
So her heroine Lizzie McGuire became a "tween," a demographic group and a designation that hardly existed a decade ago.
That's a designation that may take some getting used to.
Uniforms exist to declare a designation that is widely, even universally, understood.
X-certificate is hardly a designation that could be applied to Le Carré's novels.
It is not a national park, like Yellowstone, a designation that affords the greatest possible protection.
The building is in a manufacturing zone, a designation that allows construction of hotels, but not permanent residences.
The United States last branded China a currency manipulator, a designation that could lead to retaliatory tariffs, in 1994.
He was not an ace (a designation that required five or more "kills" during the war; Brown had two).
Ms. Warren was named an assistant to the president, a designation that is held by senior White House advisers.
Macomber was also listed as chief executive officer — a designation that made him technically superior to the director.
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