peace sign
noun
1
: a sign made by holding the palm outward and forming a V with the index and middle fingers and used to indicate the desire for peace
2
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The Bluebonnet Detention Facility previously made national headlines when Reuters published drone footage showing detainees in jumpsuits forming an SOS signal, waving to the camera, with one flashing a peace sign.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Relatives and neighbors had gone to the war, relatives and neighbors also had long hair and peace signs on their denim jackets and protested against it.
—Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
In video footage released by Reuters, the men—clad in red and orange jumpsuits—wave to the drone and one flashes a peace sign before taking up the SOS formation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Some throwing up peace signs at us and smiling, while others were giving thumbs down.
—Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Relatives and neighbors had gone to the war, relatives and neighbors also had long hair and peace signs on their denim jackets and protested against it.
—Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
In video footage released by Reuters, the men—clad in red and orange jumpsuits—wave to the drone and one flashes a peace sign before taking up the SOS formation.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Some throwing up peace signs at us and smiling, while others were giving thumbs down.
—Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peace sign
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“Peace sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peace%20sign. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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