as in hands
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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Noun
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Velzeboer's victory keeps the 1,000 title in Dutch hands.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026 -
Their hands hold a banner with pillars of our democracy written on it, from peace and truth to expression and equity.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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An online petition calling for Denmark to purchase California has garnered more than 266,000 signatures.—
Nicholas Clairmont,
Washington Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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The next step for the team is to determine whether these oral microbial signatures precede metabolic disease or simply mirror it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2026
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“John Hancocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/John%20Hancocks. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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