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a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent
I'll just need your signature on the application, and then we're all set
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Recent Examples of signatures
An online petition urging lawmakers to reconsider the cap has collected over 1,400 signatures and drawn feedback from patients and dentists critical of the proposal.
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Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Engine aims to cut noise and heat signatures A 60-kilowatt hybrid propulsion system tested in December marks a step toward more capable small battlefield drones.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
Alternatively, candidates can qualify for the ballot by collecting petition signatures.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
But their discharge petition, introduced last week, is short of the 218 signatures needed to move forward.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Courtesy Ricardo Martinez Martinez and Gordon's petition had garnered local attention, with about 3,000 signatures and residents expressing concern over the fate of Blondie’s two cubs, by the time Blondie was euthanized.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
After lawmakers approved the map, called HB 1, opponents raced across Missouri to collect signatures to put it to a statewide vote.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
City rules require 2,500 signatures to start a renaming effort, Avalos wrote on social media, urging her constituents to stay tuned for ways to help with the effort.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has dumped $45 million into a campaign committee that’s sponsoring a handful of other ballot measures, including three currently collecting signatures, that seek to counteract the tax in various ways.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
Engine aims to cut noise and heat signatures A 60-kilowatt hybrid propulsion system tested in December marks a step toward more capable small battlefield drones.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
Alternatively, candidates can qualify for the ballot by collecting petition signatures.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
But their discharge petition, introduced last week, is short of the 218 signatures needed to move forward.
—CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Courtesy Ricardo Martinez Martinez and Gordon's petition had garnered local attention, with about 3,000 signatures and residents expressing concern over the fate of Blondie’s two cubs, by the time Blondie was euthanized.
—Isabel Yip, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
After lawmakers approved the map, called HB 1, opponents raced across Missouri to collect signatures to put it to a statewide vote.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
City rules require 2,500 signatures to start a renaming effort, Avalos wrote on social media, urging her constituents to stay tuned for ways to help with the effort.
—ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has dumped $45 million into a campaign committee that’s sponsoring a handful of other ballot measures, including three currently collecting signatures, that seek to counteract the tax in various ways.
—Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signatures
Noun
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In the clip, shared by @whit_fashionfinds, footage from inside her living room shows her teen on hands and knees pushing clutter across the floor and underneath the couch.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Consider setting aside grandiose ambitions for the moment and taking a break to do something active with your hands.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Montijo said in the late 1980's, there was a petition to make this the hometown of the superhero team and that Stan Lee was invited to the city, went to Al's Comics with Spiderman and signed autographs, then went to city hall to make Stockton the official birthplace of the Fantastic Four.—
Charlie Lapastora,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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An off-duty officer working at the nightspot, Jeffery Williams, said Barkley had been relaxing and signing autographs.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Signatures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signatures. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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