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denote

[dih-noht] / dɪˈnoʊt /


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Two stars denote restaurants that do "excellent cooking" and are "worth a detour", according to Michelin's criteria.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Wilde “read” the water, pointing out the seams on the surface that denote shifting currents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

She called them unicorns to denote their exceptional rareness.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

Two official signs, placed by the city, denote the location’s significance.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

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

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

A display board in the lobby denotes who’s in and out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Their goal in their personal work is to combine theme park-like art direction with scrappy, budget-friendly immersive theater, a term that typically denotes some level of active participation on the part of the guest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025

It denotes "significant impacts" for the health and social care services.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025

It denotes the first fever of human pair bonding.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

In the tables devoted to South Carolina, Navatek denoted Graham as a “key supporter.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Snapped in 1988, the photo shows a time he refers to as his “cholo” era, denoted by his subtle pencil mustache and slicked-back hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

When parking spots are scarce, supercar drivers often take to loading zones, bus stops and other spaces denoted with double yellow lines—the British marker of “no parking.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

This zone of extreme pessimism is denoted by the shaded area at the bottom of the chart above.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026

As you can see, making smaller and smaller rectangles—whose widths, denoted by the symbol Δx, go to zero—makes the value closer and closer to 32, the true value for the area of the triangle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"Code Purple" alerts, denoting air quality considered very unhealthy for everyone, not just at-risk groups, blanketed much of the city as well as the wider region, including neighboring Virginia and Maryland.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 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

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

In the northern city of Zanjan, thousands responded to chants memorializing the late Khamenei with the refrain: “We’re your followers, Seyyed Mojtaba,” using an honorific denoting a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Down the walls were lines denoting the breaks in the mirrors.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer


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