Usage examples (8)

• That is because some expressions designate rigidly by means of describing the designatum: e.g.,
• Here are some considerations in favor of saying that an expression could be rigid de jure without directly referring to its designatum.
• On one such account, a rigid designator designates its designatum in every possible world containing the designatum and in other possible worlds the designator...
• When we evaluate these sentences with respect to other worlds, we do not seem to admit that the designatum changes, as it would if names were non-rigid descriptions...