denoting

Example Sentences

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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

The death certificate for Katherine Elizabeth Hartley, which was obtained by TMZ, includes a field denoting how the injury occurred.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

As artificial intelligence hyper-flattens mass culture, anything denoting evidence of humanity becomes exceptionally desirable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

This is now a world, the orders seem to suggest, in which the names on a map, such as those denoting Denali or the Gulf of Mexico, are fragile and subject to revision without notice.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2025

Write and define adjectives denoting abounding in, having the quality of, from the following nouns:—

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton