sign for
phrasal verb
signed for; signing for; signs for
: to sign a document to show that one has received (a package, letter, etc.)
I signed for the package when it was delivered.
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Two videos shared by the RSF Sunday showed its soldiers cheering in front of signs for the army’s Sixth Infantry base.
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Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Or, maybe the six-time All-Pro truly did sign for the money, as Allen was alluding to.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Read your horoscopes for your Sun and Rising signs for the most in-depth forecast.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
In another potentially worrying sign for the president, younger Hispanics and Hispanic men — two groups that swung particularly dramatically toward him in last year’s election — also see him a bit more negatively.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Or, maybe the six-time All-Pro truly did sign for the money, as Allen was alluding to.
—Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Read your horoscopes for your Sun and Rising signs for the most in-depth forecast.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
In another potentially worrying sign for the president, younger Hispanics and Hispanic men — two groups that swung particularly dramatically toward him in last year’s election — also see him a bit more negatively.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Sign for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sign%20for. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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