denote
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There were also two yellow special marks to denote the speed restrictions in the area.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
She called them unicorns to denote their exceptional rareness.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Before long, Ms. Kobza notes, a new term entered the English vocabulary to denote an “assembly of maskers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
This can denote a fleeting quality, a trend to pass us by, not unlike the evolution of photography and videography.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
Pangenetics seemed an obvious choice—extending de Vries’s use of the word pangene to denote the units of heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The school also plans to add a plaque to the facility that denotes that it stands on the ground where Brian Kennedy Field once stood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
In French, matière denotes not only physical matter but abstract conceptions such as fields of study and aesthetic phenomena such as the surface of paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Audiences become part of the show — “immersive theater” denotes the involvement of the ticket buyer, usually by interacting with or following the cast.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
It denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025
This, Champollion reasoned, very probably also denotes Ptolemy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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This zone of extreme pessimism is denoted by the shaded area at the bottom of the chart above.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
Mr. Robbins returns in the last play, which gives the evening its title, again on a first date, with a character denoted only as Girl, played with cool poise by Dylan Gelula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
The lone, unnamed gladiatrix in the 2000 film is played by stuntwoman Jane Omorogbe, denoted under “stunts” in the closing credits.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
He turned its blue ticks - which previously denoted that a high-profile account was bona fide - into a subscription model, and tied advertising payments to "verified" users to the number of interactions they receive.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Enthroned there under his hat, he observed our household through his un-glasses and swished the animal-tail fly swatter that denoted his station in life.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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"Symbolic marriage certificate" reads the document, with a special space denoting "paw print of your furry friend."
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The NHS says, external the star rating measures the amount of UVA protection, with more stars denoting increased protection.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
During her morning news conference, she seemed to mock some of the U.S. evidence, including hand-written ledgers allegedly denoting payoffs to Mexican politicians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
In early scenes, he has a small curved line denoting a chubby chin, which changes over time to straight lines on each cheek, narrowing his face when he is old and infirm.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
“It’s a means of determining the relative merits of propellants. By using the number denoting the specific impulse, calculations can be made to determine the exhaust velocity of a rocket and ultimately its overall performance.”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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