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as in to signify
to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind
a flashing red light that denotes danger
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Forecasters said Milton was likely to reach major-hurricane status — denoting a Category 3, 4, or 5 storm — on Monday.
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Bolded text denotes local single-day or three-day records.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
On that group’s heat map of the city, Harlem, like most of Manhattan aside from Central Park, is blood red to denote its ranking in the highest category of heat amplification.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
The storm’s title, Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, is a designation used by the hurricane center to denote a storm that has not yet formed but is expected to soon and will bring impacts within the 48-hour window requiring alerts to be issued.
—Elisa Raffa, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
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Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Bolded text denotes local single-day or three-day records.
—Li Cohen, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
On that group’s heat map of the city, Harlem, like most of Manhattan aside from Central Park, is blood red to denote its ranking in the highest category of heat amplification.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
The storm’s title, Potential Tropical Cyclone Six, is a designation used by the hurricane center to denote a storm that has not yet formed but is expected to soon and will bring impacts within the 48-hour window requiring alerts to be issued.
—Elisa Raffa, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024
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This crown of leaves, which supposedly signified his genius, is seen in the myth of Daphne, who turned into a laurel tree to escape Apollo’s unwanted advances.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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That could include blood work to measure your white and red blood cell counts and potentially to look for substances that can signify cancer, as well as imaging (for instance, an ultrasound, CT scan, or PET scan) to check out what’s going on inside your lymph node(s).Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2024
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The updating radar map above shows areas of precipitation in green, with greater intensities indicated by yellow and orange.Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
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Data delayed 15 minutes unless otherwise indicated (view delay times for all exchanges).Quartz, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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What does that mean for his label and his brand now?Mayu Saini, WWD, 3 Nov. 2024
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By nature, this version of Minecraft contains things that do not belong, that are simply not meant to appear in the game.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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That created headlines that implied Dover cut its full-year guidance, but in reality executives warned in advance that sales growth and earnings projections would be altered.Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Penguin's Falcone is every bit the misogynistic brute, but his actions are relegated to the off-screen imagination by being implied, rather than shown.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Denote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denote. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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