The phrase "as denoting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when explaining or clarifying the meaning or significance of a term or concept.
Example: "The term 'biodiversity' is often used in environmental science, as denoting the variety of life in a particular habitat."
Alternatives: "as indicating" or "as representing".
One can regard common sense platitudes containing both these sorts of these words as constituting a theory and we can take them as theoretical terms of common sense psychology and thus as denoting whatever entities or sorts of entities uniquely realise the theory.
It should be noted that Montague's (1973) treatment of names as denoting higher-order functions (i.e., quantifier denotations) does not belong under this heading.
Instead of describing nouns as denoting classes of objects, we should describe their meanings in terms of questions.
We usually describe nouns as denoting classes of objects, but that view quickly leads to some philosophical puzzles.
But that job description is losing its puissance; many executives treat the word manager as denoting no more than a foreman or straw boss.
In this article, it is used in its common current sense, as denoting the technologies used for processing, storing, and transporting information in digital form.
The word "liberal" is understood by most Indians as denoting religious tolerance and a respect for human rights; its economic connotation is less well known.
This is why the Greek word logos, originally meaning "word," later acquired a theological meaning as denoting the ultimate reality behind the "thing".
The 5.6 km geopotential height contour provides a useful indicator for the high speed upper-level winds known as the jet stream as well as denoting the boundary of the polar vortex7.
Simon F. Cooper, the president and chief operating officer of Ritz-Carlton, a division of Marriott International, described that title as denoting "signature, one-of-a-kind boutique resorts located in choice settings, each with a distinctive personality and sense of place".
Because Schurz is now obscure, and because he doesn't fit into an easy-access category of disapproval he was a Union general, not a Confederate general he makes for a tough call, if you're accustomed to thinking about monuments as denoting simple heroism.
