denote

Example Sentences

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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

Inside were the numerous trade certificates he’d earned over the years, along with letters of recommendation and business receipts, which he kept in neat stacks held together by different colored binders to denote the month.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2024

"Iran," however, is rooted in the word "Aryan," meaning "Land of the Aryans," and has been used locally since the Sassanian era to denote the broader realm of the Persian empires.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

The paper, with dozens of tables and arcane symbols to denote traits and variants, was challenging even for statisticians.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee