Thesaurus results for SIGN LANGUAGE

sign language

noun

Definition of sign language

as in body language

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Recent Examples of sign language Thanks to her knowledge of sign language, Porter was also able to help the oldest of the siblings, who couldn't speak due to the way cerebral palsy affected the muscles of her mouth. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026 This year’s winners, Samuel Nagel and Paul Feiler, developed a wearable that translates the sign language into text, which is displayed on a screen that non-signers can read. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 15 May 2026 Another adjustment on set was with his daughter played by Toscano tending to follow his hands as Insolera communicated using sign language, rather than look into his eyes. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2026 The federal agency announced Friday the new stamp set will feature the iconic Barbie doll dressed in 10 outfits depicting different occupations, including an astronaut, music star, paleontologist, sign language teacher, soccer player and surgeon. — ABC News, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sign language

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Noun

The tone in both of their voices and the body language suggests that Groening may have just revealed something he wasn’t supposed to.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 15 Aug. 2026
Started to see a few more additive things with body language or going out on his own.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of body language

Noun

More than 22,000 Long Beach residents were temporarily without power Sunday night due to a Southern California Edison outage, all in the midst of a sweltering wave of heat.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Her series kick-started a wave of creators on both TikTok and Instagram centering their content on living life alone.

— Amen Galinato, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of wave

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Private equity’s growing interest in sports teams is another sign of the buying boom, said Irwin Kirshner, the head of the sports law group at the law firm Herrick Feinstein.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
In hindsight, that was a sign of having lived in the bubble of NYC cinephile culture for 20 years by that time.

— José Salazar, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of sign

Noun

These tankers may be turning off their tracking signals to avoid detection, experts told CNN.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The company announced in 2025 that interactions with its generative AI features could become signals for the content and ads people see across Meta products.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of signal

Noun

However, there are some experts that see the cut in military drills as a positive gesture, suggesting that if the joint exercises are escalating tensions, then reducing them should lessen the chance of a conflict.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
On April 14, 2020, Cline was a complete unknown; by April 16, millions of viewers had spent 10 full hours absorbing the actress’ every gesture and mannerism, a blast of immersive exposure that generates a whole other level of parasocial intimacy.

— Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026