denote

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

It can be be used to denote the southern extent of the aurora.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

And felt himself nourished by the plasma of letters and syllables that had come to denote a commitment to gallantry among the men with whom he had chosen to spend his life.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

This finalist for Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year denotes the “cultivation of an impressive, attractive, or charismatic persona.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 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

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

When prefixed to the name of an office, ex- denotes that the person formerly held the office named: as, ex-mayor, the former mayor.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

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

In its original form, the "blue check" on X denoted a user who was independently verified by the platform as a news source, celebrity or other notable figure.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2025

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

When Newton denoted position with the variable x, he realized that velocity is simply the fluxion—what modern mathematicians call the derivative—of x: x.

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

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

"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

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

Write and define adjectives denoting relating to, like, or being, from the following nouns:—

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton