denote
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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
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
Denmark's largest grocery store operator, Salling Group, recently introduced a symbol, a black star, on pricing labels to denote European brands.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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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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
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
It denotes the first fever of human pair bonding.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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In the tables devoted to South Carolina, Navatek denoted Graham as a “key supporter.”
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 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
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
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Now Andy Burnham has brought her back into government with a big job running the Cabinet Office and the title of first secretary of state, denoting her senior rank.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Symbolic marriage certificate" reads the document, with a special space denoting "paw print of your furry friend."
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 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
Down the walls were lines denoting the breaks in the mirrors.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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