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
There’s a great irony in the bulk of the world’s stablecoins being denominated in USD and yet originating from overseas, out of necessity because of the previous administration.
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Sean Lee, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
These foreign currency swings are not a concern as Berkshire has significant assets and earnings denominated in these foreign currencies.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
To help balance out the effects of currency fluctuations, consider diversifying your investments across different asset classes denominated in different currencies.
—Tom Zachystal, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Sean Lee, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
These foreign currency swings are not a concern as Berkshire has significant assets and earnings denominated in these foreign currencies.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
To help balance out the effects of currency fluctuations, consider diversifying your investments across different asset classes denominated in different currencies.
—Tom Zachystal, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
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.
—Christian Catalini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for denominate
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Anduril has named its next-generation IVAS product EagleEye.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
30 May 2025
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President Donald Trump's former lawyer Jay Sekulow has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit alleging that the defendants misled the police in the 2022 murder investigation of an employee of Sekulow's.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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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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Kia customers can also call customer care at 1-800-333-4542 or check out owners.kia.com/us/en/kia-owner-portal.html.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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In Tuesday’s corresponding move, the Sox designated pitcher Yoendrys Gómez for assignment.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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Such extraordinary diversity flourished in the context of one exceptional circumstance: the United States was one of only a handful of countries (including Mexico, Australia, and Eritrea) to not designate an official language.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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For decades, the set of remains were dubbed Scattered Man John Doe until New Jersey State Police teamed up with the Ramapo College of New Jersey’s Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center to identified the person.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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They were mottled brown with tiny eyes and described as a new species in 1913, dubbed, rather questionably, Moringua hodgarti.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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The Catawba Riverkeeper monitors water quality, though there isn’t a swimming beach monitoring site specifically labeled for Fishing Creek Lake in its public database.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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The video, which labeled itself as a deepfake, went viral on social media.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Individuals and teams are nominated via an online application.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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To her surprise, Ford and her date were even nominated for prom court.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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The legislation also takes a hatchet to amortization, which is the depreciation of non-tangible assets often termed goodwill.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
22 May 2025
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Pittman is termed out of office in December 2026 and has been pondering his next political move.—
Josh Kurtz,
Baltimore Sun,
22 May 2025
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The investor is entitled to regular payments for the duration of the loan, with the value of those payments determined by the bond yield.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
19 May 2025
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An employee, however, is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries the employee sustains going to or coming from work, absent extraordinary circumstances.—
Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2025
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“Denominate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/denominate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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