renames

verb

present tense third-person singular of rename
as in relabels

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  1. specifies
  2. denotes
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  • However, the contract lists Sacramento as Kennah's office and specifies the lower rate.
    — Tyler Horst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The measure specifies how that fire-agency funding would be divided, based on the proportion of full-time fire engines each agency operated as of November 2025.
    — Haley Parsley October 12, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of specifies
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  • But the term denotes highly advanced artificial intelligence that could surpass human thought, not the category of AI — an already nebulous term — as a whole.
    — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The position of the sun denotes the time zone, and the mountain range is a graph of price.
    — Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of denotes
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“Renames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renames. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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