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Recent Examples of sign language
For people and children who can’t read text fast enough, or for those who simply prefer sign language, a browser extension overlays a human interpreter on more than 300 titles on streaming platforms like Disney+, Peacock and Netflix.
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Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Requesting a sign language interpreter is one example of an accommodation.13
Schools work with parents and students on individualized educational plans (IEPs) to ensure equal access and opportunity in school.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 20 Apr. 2025
This can mean creating best conditions for the neurodiverse, developing sign language that helps even babies learn about their world, and building entire educational systems abroad.
—Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Isabela Merced told my colleague Kate Aurthur that during the subway sequence in Episode 4, you guys created a secret sign language with each other.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 May 2025
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Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Requesting a sign language interpreter is one example of an accommodation.13
Schools work with parents and students on individualized educational plans (IEPs) to ensure equal access and opportunity in school.
—Heidi Cope, Health, 20 Apr. 2025
This can mean creating best conditions for the neurodiverse, developing sign language that helps even babies learn about their world, and building entire educational systems abroad.
—Alan Schwarz, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Isabela Merced told my colleague Kate Aurthur that during the subway sequence in Episode 4, you guys created a secret sign language with each other.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
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Your nervous system state broadcasts constantly through micro-expressions, vocal tone and body language.—
Sahar Andrade,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In those moments before a penalty is taken, a ’keeper faces sensory overload: crowd noise, the opposing player’s body language, the referee’s whistle, the internal pressure to make a decisive intervention.—
Matt Pyzdrowski,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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The biggest beneficiaries of the change have been Sam Vines, who can now play a bigger attacking role, and Yapi, who still slots into a central role, but can also make waves on the wing.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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The finish is long and intense with waves of heat, spice and lingering brown sugar.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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An early sign of the hazards posed by Arnolds Field came in 2011.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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His humanitarian activism through board positions at Ronald McDonald House Charities and Rady Children's Hospital Foundation is further fueled by her entire recovery and the absence of any signs of the illness.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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When navigating through a DDI, drivers follow the signs, signals and pavement markings to be briefly shifted to the opposite side of the road, according to WisDOT.—
Liliana Fannin,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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And the Trump administration has given conflicting signals.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
6 Aug. 2025
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The action is Seoul’s latest diplomatic gesture to its long-time rival neighbor.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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In short, the executive order is essentially a political gesture.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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