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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Each pigeon foot has three toes in front and one behind, in a configuration like that of the straight lines in the peace sign—fittingly, because the pigeon has been used as a symbol of peace.
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Banks immediately stops singing, looks out to the crowd with disappointment and makes a peace sign, before walking to the back of the stage as the music is cut.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Banks immediately stops singing, looks out to the crowd with disappointment and makes a peace sign, before walking to the back of the stage as the music is cut.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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 5 Jun. 2025.
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