denote

Example Sentences

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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

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

From BBC • Nov. 11, 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

In each case, the number is surrounded by the iconic “chasing arrows” symbol, which has come to denote recyclability, regardless of whether that product can actually be recycled.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024

In the summer of 1909, almost exactly a century later, the botanist Wilhelm Johannsen coined a distinct word to denote a unit of heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee