as in signature
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent let me just scribble my John Hancock on the bottom of the form

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Recent Examples of John Hancock Its route goes along the Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street, where wreaths are laid at the graves of patriots including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Robert Treat Paine and Paul Revere. Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025 Customers’ engagement with John Hancock used to mean little more than opening an annual invoice, but the average Vitality member uses its app more than 20 times a month. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025 In Boston, only three buildings exceed 700 feet: 200 Clarendon Street, which is better known as the John Hancock Tower, at 790 feet; the Prudential Tower, at 750 feet; and One Dalton, at 742 feet. Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 21 June 2025 The three-floor reconstruction will take 18 to 24 months to complete, and is the most significant interior renovation in the building’s 56-year history, said Scott Duncan, design partner at SOM, the architectural firm that designed the 100-story John Hancock Center and leads the current project. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for John Hancock
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  • One possibility that didn’t come up at the meeting: White could file a lawsuit questioning the validity of the signatures on the recall petitions.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
  • Much of the equipment is even color-coded in the brand’s signature colors.
    Travis Webb, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
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  • And in thinking about it, contemplate what happens to the productivity of humans when their work is paired with other hands, human and mechanical.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • These tapes — now in the hands of authorities and partially leaked—are damning.
    Gina Montaner, Miami Herald, 1 July 2025

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