as in to name
to give a name to
stargazing is nothing more than that, and denominating it as astrology does not make it a science
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Recent Examples of denominate
From cross-border remittances to Bitcoin and USD-denominated stablecoins as alternative stores of value, crypto provides a new financial stack that startups and neobanks are increasingly building on.
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Christian Catalini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Across the board, player values have declined this year, and as the list is denominated in euros, the dollar value of each player has fallen even further.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Gold is widely denominated in dollars, with a stronger greenback weighing on prices for the precious metal.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The ruble depreciation increases federal budget revenue from export and natural resources taxes denominated in euros.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Christian Catalini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Across the board, player values have declined this year, and as the list is denominated in euros, the dollar value of each player has fallen even further.
—Steve Price, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Gold is widely denominated in dollars, with a stronger greenback weighing on prices for the precious metal.
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
The ruble depreciation increases federal budget revenue from export and natural resources taxes denominated in euros.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denominate
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Greg Abel, 62, who had been expected to be named CEO when Buffett retired, should take over at the end of the year, Buffett said.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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The last passenger pigeon, named Martha, died in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914, marking the end of the species.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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However, today most young people rarely call each other.—
Andrea Wigfield,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2023
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Congress might also call on President Biden to ban TikTok under the IEEPA.—
Emily Baker-White,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2023
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House Republicans have designated the lion's share of spending cuts to the Energy and Commerce Committee, the panel that oversees Medicaid and CHIP, which has been instructed to cut $880 billion.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The remaining units would be designated workforce housing for those making between 60% and 100% of the area median income.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
9 May 2025
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Drivers can now use two new lanes to traverse a six-mile stretch of Interstate 4 in Central Florida that is part of what was dubbed the most-congested corridor in the nation.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2025
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Around 102,000 people moved from California to the Lone Star State in 2022 alone, the Texas Realtors' 2024 Texas Relocation Report found—a phenomenon so common it has been dubbed Texafornia.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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Cicadas that emerge on the same schedule are called a brood, and each is labeled using Roman numerals.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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For decades, emotional intelligence and creative thinking have been labeled soft skills—add-ons to technical competence.—
Rebekah Bastian,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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The success of Un Verano Sin Ti—nominated for a Grammy for album of the Year, and the first album by a Latin artist to have 10 billion streams on Spotify, as well as being the album with the most streams in 2022 and 2023, among other accolades—gave him self-confidence.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
1 May 2025
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Surprisingly, Jake Gyllenhaal was not nominated for playing Iago in Othello.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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The only complication when explaining that is that because Grealish and Lewis were nothing like strikers, they could also be termed attacking midfielders, just even more central and deeper than the inside wingers.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Between 10% and 25% of adults experience what's medically termed tinnitus, according to the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, but hearing the sound for three months or more is considered chronic tinnitus.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The center has encouraged the development of a database of information about benefits that employees are entitled to from previous retirement plans.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2025
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This doesn’t sound like their mess to clean up, and just sounds a bit immature/entitled.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Denominate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denominate. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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