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Recent Examples of semaphore
Telegraph Hill itself was named after the semaphore station built on top of it in 1850 to signal that ships had arrived.
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2023
Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
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Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb. 2023
Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for semaphore
Noun
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Instead, the swift decisions by Johnson and the signaler enabled the train to be stopped at Huntingdon; the next opportunity would have been a station seven minutes further down the line.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the Colorado legislature, the white flag comes in the form of the state budget — the introduction of which serves as a signal that the frantic final weeks of the legislative session have begun.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Dayle’s satirical novel follows a white flag-bearer pretending to be a Black soldier during the Civil War.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Some of his favorites include vibrant curries and tricolor pasta made from garden vegetables.—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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The broad leaves of tricolor sage complement rosemary’s needle-like foliage, while adding a shifting array of color including gray-green, creamy white, and purple-pink highlights.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
2 Apr. 2026
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One tattoo of goats with a Bayview Yacht Club flag, known as a burgee, signifies his first 25 races from Port Huron to Mackinac.—
Phoebe Wall Howard,
Detroit Free Press,
24 July 2021
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The men, down to a 7-year-old sailor named Hank, had gold buttons on their blue blazers and red neckties bearing the club burgee.—
Sam Whiting,
San Francisco Chronicle,
25 Apr. 2021
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The scents of honey, lavender, patchouli and cedarwood waft through The Hive by Upcycled Candles, as soft alternative rock fills the air.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Banana pudding wafts with the green vanilla notes of pandan.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
24 Mar. 2026
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The excavation has yielded shoes, clothing fragments, clay pipes, uniform insignia, weapons, two cannons and bottles — along with what may be the remains of one of 19 crew members listed as missing after the battle.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Shoes and fragments of clothing, and various small items the sailors would have carried with them—clay pipes, uniform insignia, and weapons.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The jewelry was shaped like oak leaves and featured a pavé diamond acorn in the center, inspired by the Middleton family coat of arms.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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The coat of arms and other decorations are the focus of the restoration.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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These licenses give Fanatics/Topps the rights to use the intellectual property of the respective soccer federations — their names, logos, crests that appear on uniforms and uniform designs — on trading cards and stickers.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The logo was created in the style of Japanese family crests, with quatrefoils embellishments and stylized flowers.—
Brandon Kaipo Moningka,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Semaphore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/semaphore. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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