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
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
To denote the passage of time and fallibility of memory, Veloso shifted the way he shot the character in each era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
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
To clarify this point, I will often use the term ‘Sapiens’ to denote members of the species Homo sapiens, while reserving the term ‘human’ to refer to all extant members of the genus Homo.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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The title obviously denotes your look onstage rocking the tejana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The phrase "that dog in them" is common slang that usually denotes a fierce drive.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
They have questioned whether the government can provide enough water to help cool data centers in a city the World Resources Institute denotes as under “extremely high” water stress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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
Finally, he produces a term that denotes a coming together of both of those two things—to be countrymen is to experience romanitas as fellowship—and a fraternity between speaker and audience.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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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
About 100 feet away, a metal post denoted the park’s boundary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
"The Premier League's dominance is just denoted as a matter of fact," Honigstein said.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 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
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These are the most common type of sentence, denoting the maximum time the offender could spend in custody, although the whole time might not necessarily be spent in prison.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Symbolic marriage certificate" reads the document, with a special space denoting "paw print of your furry friend."
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 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
Without a letter denoting a political party next to their name on the ballot, independent candidates have historically gotten lost in the mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
The second one makes a twirling motion beside his ear, with his finger, denoting craziness.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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