signifier
noun
sig·ni·fi·er
ˈsig-nə-ˌfī(-ə)r 
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Based on this example, bioarchaeologist and study co-author Andrea Cucina theorized that the latest finds may exemplify a far more specific, geographically focused trend—possibly signifiers of a transition into adulthood.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Today there is no such signifier marking our passage into the AI age.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Just in the past month, people have taken to stringing together these signifiers into one manic phrase, Labubumatchadubaichocolate, as a way to refer to a broader Zeitgeist and its elaborately artificial aesthetic.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Shout-out to fake beards, one of the best signifiers of comedy since the ancient-Greek gag phallus.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Today there is no such signifier marking our passage into the AI age.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Just in the past month, people have taken to stringing together these signifiers into one manic phrase, Labubumatchadubaichocolate, as a way to refer to a broader Zeitgeist and its elaborately artificial aesthetic.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Shout-out to fake beards, one of the best signifiers of comedy since the ancient-Greek gag phallus.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for signifier
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“Signifier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/signifier. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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