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Recent Examples of denotation But the New Zealand Department of Conservation lists the reptiles as at risk — relict, a denotation reserved for species that declined to a small population but have since stabilized. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2024 Language, unlike code, has connotations and denotations that make organizing it for human consumption a much more complex task, says Dr. Harbin. Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2024 What does 4/20 mean? April 20, or 4/20 in its calendar denotation, is a holiday celebrated by many weed-smokers both in the United States and around the globe. Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023 Deaths are included if a person has a positive COVID-19 test and a death certificate denotation, a record of symptoms consistent with COVID-19 that progress from illness to death, or a determination by the medical examiner’s office that there is no other cause of death, Trimble said. Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020 Cleverly staging appearance as disappearance, connotation serves as denotation. Jerrine Tan, Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 The word hacker itself seems to carry a whiff of punk rebellion, its implied sophistication contrasting with a denotation of smashing and severing. Darryn King, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2020 Through this preaching, white dominance in political, judicial, and economic affairs became denotations of the will of the universe instead of means of racial control. Jared Yates Sexton, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2020 The registered office street address for Ghost Gunner, Inc. in its 2017 Public Information Record (PIR) is the same address listed as Wilson’s personal address in his denotation as director of Defense Distributed in its 2017 PIR (PDF). Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 6 Oct. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for denotation
Noun
  • For practically her entire life, the mom of three has listed her favorite monikers, compiled them into lists and kept up with the latest baby naming trends.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • The list has been updated to include these characters and the action star’s latest unbelievable moniker in A Working Man.
    Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Every shape, every color seemed to have a secret meaning.
    Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
  • In an interpersonal context, the phrase takes on greater meaning in the series’ final episode.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • So far, six trucks have hit the streets with new nomenclature.
    Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
  • As that lengthy nomenclature suggests, this is a powerful, capable, well-rounded UTV.
    Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The 1960s ushered in debates about the constitutionality of the federal death penalty, due, in part, to a postwar sense of moral superiority.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Named for Joséphine Bonaparte, the first wife of Napoleon, who was known for her sophisticated sense of fashion and patronage of the arts, this first-floor suite has a king-size bed, a separate dressing room, and a living area perfect for lounging around.
    Meredith Lepore, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cynthia Erivo, Katie Holmes, Melanie Lynskey, Kumail Nanjiani and Justin Theroux are just a few of the bold-faced names who will appear as victims, killers or occasionally both on the show’s second season.
    Alex Cramer, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Enter your full name, email address and other account information to verify your identity.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The award signaled the significance of Apple TV+ as a business.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Those three words — Neptune enters Aries — aren’t big enough to explain this significance.
    Colin Bedell, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Brady could rise to No. 1 in the welterweight division, though Muhammad is already scheduled to defend his title against Jack Della Maddalena in May.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Additionally, every month, the Los Angeles Times publishes a list of titles to consider.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Tate is mentioned explicitly in the series when police try to describe what kind of content Jamie might have been exposed to.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Denotation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denotation. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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