as in signature
an official mark that is stamped on paper or on a small piece of wax to show that something (such as a document) is genuine and has been officially approved
The paperwork must have a notary's seal.
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Recent Examples of seal
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The old flag still uses that seal.
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Cbs Chicago Team,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
Malonga scored six of Seattle's final 10 points to help seal the win.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
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Noun
If the seals fail or materials become brittle and shatter under the thermal shock, the entire mission is at risk.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 June 2026
The old flag still uses that seal.
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Cbs Chicago Team,
CBS News,
29 June 2026
Verb
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has for months been working to seal an agreement between the Israeli and Lebanese governments to clamp down on Hezbollah and allow Israel to withdraw its forces from Southern Lebanon.
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Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
Malonga scored six of Seattle's final 10 points to help seal the win.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seal
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Lawmakers sent the budget to the governor Thursday afternoon for his signature.
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Other videos from the tournament show fans waving bright blue trash bags in unison — creating a sea of the team's signature color in the stands before kickoff.
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Twenty-four hours earlier, a boy, who was fishing with his father, was bitten on the hand at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County, WESH reported.
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Visitors can fish from either the beach or the seawall along the Matanzas River on the park's west boundary.
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Its weightless-yet-revitalizing feel is thanks to moisturizing squalane, Japanese lemon balm and sunflower seed wax, which calm inflammation, improve the skin barrier, and lock in hydration.
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Simply apply 1 to 2 inches of natural mulch, like bark mulch, over the roots of your plants to lock in soil moisture and keep the mulch line at least 1 inch away from the plant's stems.
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Proponents of the authorization note that the $155 million investment arrives four years after a severe drought in the Sacramento Valley in 2022 had cost local communities hundreds of millions of dollars and roughly 1,500 jobs.
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For example, California’s prior authorization reform bill, SB 1120, passed in 2024 unanimously.
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At Valley Paving, crews harvest the raw materials from the land, a mix of sand and gravel.
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Anyone who’s sat that long in the dark—through Ben-Hur, Jaws 3-D, and The Legend of Bagger Vance—has sown and harvested many seasons of doubt.
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Cecelia Kale was climbing a tree in her front yard in Tigerton on June 23 when a bat latched onto her leg, according to her family.
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Proteinaceous cables extend from the cell’s poles toward the equator and latch onto the chromosomes.
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The technology, the team, the certification, or the infrastructure that would take them years to build.
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Equipment complies with safety rules The deployment follows a structured certification and assembly timeline completed earlier in the month.
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Tautog Like sheepshead, this Northeast and Mid-Atlantic wreck and reef dweller is highly adept at taking a piece of crab or clam off your hook before the tug even triggers your brain to swing.
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Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
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“Seal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seal. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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