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Example Sentences

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As part of her quest to revive N|uu, she and her granddaughter, Claudia Snyman, established a school for the language, which uses special characters in script to denote the verbal clicks.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Denmark's largest grocery store operator, Salling Group, recently introduced a symbol, a black star, on pricing labels to denote European brands.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Later, on third-and-one, Garbers surged and spun his way for six yards before emphatically thrusting his arm forward to denote the first down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2024

In each case, the number is surrounded by the iconic “chasing arrows” symbol, which has come to denote recyclability, regardless of whether that product can actually be recycled.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

“Worm” was also used to denote an enemy or a coward or anything alien to the Sparra.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques