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noun

plural of flag

as in banners

a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling the flags of both countries were prominently displayed at the treaty signing

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as in signals

an object intended to give public notice or warning road crews using handheld stop signs as flags at both ends of the highway construction zone

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flags

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of flag

as in droops

to be limp from lack of water or vigor flowers flagging in the summer heat

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as in fades

to lose bodily strength or vigor we flagged as we neared the end of the long mountain trail

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of flag

as in waves

to direct or notify by a movement or gesture flagged the cars into the other parking lot

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Recent Examples of flags

Noun

For the season, Livingston has rushed for 331 yards and four touchdowns, caught 26 passes for 235 yards and four touchdowns, completed 3 of 3 passes for 15 yards, pulled a team-leading 26 flags, made nine sacks and intercepted a pass. — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Many of the details emerged in a rush shortly after the passengers, most of them Israeli, landed back home to cheers and waving flags. — Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026 There were handheld American flags on skinny sticks, midsize ones to display on a wall and majestic formal flags adorned with silky gold fringe. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2026 Nvidia denied seeing red flags Lui’s arrest comes after an Nvidia senior manager based in Taiwan was linked to a similar smuggling scheme allegedly run by ex-Supermicro staff in that country. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Big Bahraini flags are visible from above the venue, doubling up as fan zone awnings. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 The program also provides money for nonlethal equipment to deter wolves, such as electric fences with bright flags. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Newsom ordered flags at the California State Capitol lowered to half-staff in Liles' honor. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 In Paris, around 800,000 lined the Champs-Élysées avenue, some waving Vatican or French flags while others climbed trees or stood on each other’s shoulders to get a glimpse of the popemobile. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Verb

Among the common symptoms of menopause, Dove flags several overlapping triggers. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026 Lewbel says that, by the end of 2026, the company's law enforcement customers will be required to use case codes for searches, with exceptions for emergencies, and a tool that flags unusual searches for agency administrators. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 When the model produces a number that should’ve come from a formula, nothing flags it. — Mateusz Mucha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Shopping roundup also flags rich chocolate brown as the shade to know, with the color extending from jackets into handbags. — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 The rundown by Coveteur of fall 2026 outerwear trends also flags military jackets, shrunken lapels, capes and silk jackets as looks worth watching. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026 For instance, CADDi Design Review flags potential errors in new drawings and CAD models based on past problems with similar parts. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 According to Lucky Lincoln Gaming, when a terminal goes offline at a location in Peoria, the system flags it before anyone picks up the phone. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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Its ad-blocking tools remove banners, pop-ups, video ads, and other advertising from your browsing experience.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
There are only two banners hanging in the T-Mobile Center rafters.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 8 Oct. 2026

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For the hearing impaired, select rooms feature visual fire alarms plus signals for telephone ringing and door knocking.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
When our skin senses heat, those signals travel to a primitive part of the brain that tells our body to cool down.

— Will Stone, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of signals

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Community organizations spent decades cultivating wealthy baby boomer donors, and so that connection fades with each generation removed from the original donors.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Its manganese spins continue fluctuating in preferred directions after long-range magnetic order fades.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of fades

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Picture a doorman who checks your ID with great care, then waves you into any apartment in the building.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The Spa At the beach-level spa, the windows were left wide open during my 60-minute Salt Air Reset massage, making all-natural birdsong and waves the soundtrack of my treatment.

— Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of waves

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Leaning into its history, Kessler has outfitted the hotel with installations that channel the Jurassic period, including life size dinosaur skeletons and fossils, backlit in a range of bright colors, displayed throughout the walls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
While pieces fashioned from metal, including brass and iron, are an obvious choice, the motif can also take shape in bright colors, swirling abstract glass, or more vampy furniture–see, House of Hackney’s black velvet chair.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026

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The Middle East has been reordered A contentious election at the end of the month hangs over this year’s anniversary in Israel.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
His photograph is still on her business website, the two of them arm in arm, and a crystal locket etched with their faces hangs from her SUV’s rearview mirror.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Oct. 2026

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Narrowing the spread also weakens the incentive to steer patients toward costlier drugs and to acquire physician practices and infusion clinics — the very behaviors that have made care more expensive.

— Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Research shows that people who share their goals publicly are less likely to achieve them, since talking about them creates a premature sense of accomplishment and weakens the drive to do the work.

— Ben Meer, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

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