as in name
a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known
a variety of creative works that today come under the denomination of "art"
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Recent Examples of denomination
Pressley was elected at a controversial time for the denomination.
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
America's largest Black Protestant denomination faces a high-stakes presidential vote.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
His set of flowers that will grace this year’s stamp release, and their denomination, will be tulips (1 and 5 cents), daffodils (2 cents), peonies (3 cents) and echinacea and matilija poppies (10 cents).
—Pj Bremier, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024
The good news: This historic city offers travelers of all denominations the opportunity to find their footing.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2024
America's largest Black Protestant denomination faces a high-stakes presidential vote.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2024
His set of flowers that will grace this year’s stamp release, and their denomination, will be tulips (1 and 5 cents), daffodils (2 cents), peonies (3 cents) and echinacea and matilija poppies (10 cents).
—Pj Bremier, The Mercury News, 22 July 2024
The good news: This historic city offers travelers of all denominations the opportunity to find their footing.
—Hannah Selinger, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denomination
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Adding poignancy, the narrative is interspersed with obituaries of some of the patients Shelly could not save, showing them as human beings and not just names on a medical chart.Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2024
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The last successful Maxwell model was called the Chrysler Six, so when Maxwell Motors reorganized, the name was changed to Chrysler Corp. with guess-who as its president and board chairman.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Regrettably, the catchy moniker has slinked into our vocabulary, and we are seemingly stuck with it.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In fact, another beloved train also, confusingly, operates under the iconic moniker: the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express belongs to Belmond and travels occasionally through Italy.JD Shadel, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2024
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Some aficionados will argue that three complications is just a complicated watch, but four—and more certainly five—qualifies for the grand complication nomenclature.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Brandon Gomes, a former pitcher who is now L.A.’s general manager, clarified the nomenclature.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the Roos tied the game near the end of the first half and, with a man advantage, grabbed a winner to clinch their second-straight Summit League title, 2-1, on Saturday at DU Soccer Stadium.Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The organizations that allegedly published them, including the American Psychological Association and Pew Research Center, are real, but the titles cited in the document are not discoverable online.Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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Of course, those big franchise films did come up, and Saldaña offered some new perspective on her designation as a sci-fi standout and a franchise queen.Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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The designation comes four years after a mob of Trump supporters rioted at the Capitol, where the certification takes place.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rita Hills Chardonnay, which is sourced from four different vineyards within the appellation.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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Common among those individuals worthy of the exalted appellation is a temptation to vacate, in view of unacceptable compromise, the industry’s fraught financial space.Jeff Gibson, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Denomination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denomination. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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