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sign languages

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plural of sign language

as in signs

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The mature-skin serum smooths and firms visible signs of aging like wrinkles and fine lines.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 10 Aug. 2026
Around Nu Stadium, fans held messages and signs of support for Messi as well.

— Avi Creditor, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

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That has left oil supplies being released in intermittent waves, rather than returning to the stable, steady flow seen in the past.

— , CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
The researchers studied erbium tritelluride, a rare-earth material whose electrons can spontaneously organize into wave-like patterns known as charge density waves (CDWs).

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

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The performing community challenged that notion, tracing the scat-singing and gesticulations to earlier artists including Black jazz performer Baby Esther Jones and cabaret entertainer Florence Mills.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
But on a Sunday morning in July 1595, the groan of the heavy wooden door startled him from his gesticulations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of gesticulations

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That is a decision made at a moment when its cash flow leaves very little room for gestures.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The broken line, the hard scar of the dash—these are gestures toward the uncertain and intractable distance between self and other, presence and absence, ‘awareness’ and its loss.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

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