connote

Its association with the divine has carried into the present day: Nearly every major religion uses gold to connote holy objects and spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

While the color of fresh olive oil does not connote quality, the color change as it sits on a shelf does.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025

The rulings were handed down, and timed, in a display designed to connote the announcement of sea change.

From Slate ● May 7, 2023

“I’m using a signifier, Blackness, which for some people can connote serious pain,” she acknowledged.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2022

If you like granite, you might like the house; but even if you don’t, “granite” certainly doesn’t connote a fixer-upper.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

For many people, “all-inclusive” connotes sugary cocktails, forced socializing and buffet-style dining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

Prediction marketers tell courts that the CFTC’s lack of objections connotes tacit approval.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

Moreover, this assistance is limited to “federal purposes,” a term that typically connotes the protection of federal personnel or property.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025

Your singing connotes a degree of wisdom — it’s the voice of someone who’s thought through a situation and reached a conclusion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

The use of such language connotes that the user of it is fatigued by the effort of thought.

From The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc

For a half-century, the Wasserman name connoted power—in Hollywood and in Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

Our house didn’t connote individuality any more than a GHW does; if anything, it connoted that we fit in—that we lived in the same kind of house as lots of our neighbors.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2025

It did, but this is a spinoff of the Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuck hit anthology series, its differences connoted in the last few letters of the shows’ titles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

In the ancient Persian tradition of Zoroastrianism, for example, the concept of asha, meaning “God’s will,” connoted the unchangeable law that emanates from the divine and governs the universe.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

No, it was meant to determine if you were right brained or left brained, usually connoted by handedness.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

The RF’s is a “buttress” roof form, connoting the “flying” buttresses of Gothic architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

If you think you’ve got a better word connoting misery that begins with the letter “B,” contact your nearest headline writer immediately.

From Slate ● May 14, 2024

The best thieboudienne wasn’t served on individual plates but on one communal platter, with people taking turns to grab mouthfuls, a physical manifestation of teranga, the Wolof word connoting hospitality and sharing.

From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021

“This beautiful woman only exists within Soya-san,” one Twitter account said, attaching a genderless Japanese title connoting respect.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021

There was a screen, connoting dying, around Johnny’s bed.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith