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denote

[dih-noht] / dɪˈnoʊt /


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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

There were also two yellow special marks to denote the speed restrictions in the area.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times May 12, 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

They denote the temper and constitution and mind of different individuals.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Most often “the Renaissance” denotes the period of European history between the years 1400 and 1600, which witnessed a vital recovery of the literary genres, artistic ideals and philosophical visions of classical antiquity.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 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

Rather, it denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.

From Salon Apr. 5, 2025

The process involves sending the card to a grading company who analyse it for signs of wear and then award it a graded score, usually out of 10, which denotes its quality and potential value.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2025

This, Champollion reasoned, very probably also denotes Ptolemy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

This number was so large that the Greek system of numeration was unable to handle it; Archimedes had to invent a whole new method of denoting really huge numbers.

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




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