- present tense form of denote (3rd person singular).
denotes
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For him, originalism denotes that “constitutional provisions should be understood to mean what the public would have taken them to mean when they were adopted.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
The phrase "that dog in them" is common slang that usually denotes a fierce drive.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
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
Originally the symbol for Maybach-Motorenbau—a maker of sternly grand luxury cars in Germany before World War II—the monogram now denotes Mercedes-Maybach, the sub-brand launched by Stuttgart in 2014 to compete against Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
This, Champollion reasoned, very probably also denotes Ptolemy.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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