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Recent Examples of sign language
Growing up, McCollum helped look after Preston and was one of the only family members who learned sign language to communicate with her.
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Its plaintiffs included a deaf man who wasn’t provided with a sign language interpreter during a mental health crisis and people with physical disabilities who were injured trying to access toilets, showers or bunk beds that weren’t up to code.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Despite this, 98 percent of deaf people do not receive education in sign language, and 72 percent of families do not sign with their deaf children.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Meanwhile, both Ho-su and Mi-ji are learning Korean sign language.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
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Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Its plaintiffs included a deaf man who wasn’t provided with a sign language interpreter during a mental health crisis and people with physical disabilities who were injured trying to access toilets, showers or bunk beds that weren’t up to code.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Despite this, 98 percent of deaf people do not receive education in sign language, and 72 percent of families do not sign with their deaf children.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
Meanwhile, both Ho-su and Mi-ji are learning Korean sign language.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
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After hearing the boos and watching Tucker’s body language in August, Counsell decided to bench the All-Star outfielder for three games.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, put your phone away and maintain open body language.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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In the Atlantic, a tropical wave is forecast to emerge off the west African coast in the next couple of days.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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But the new wave of disavowals represents the latest sign that the conflict, which has killed thousands of Palestinians, has become polarizing within the mainstream of the party.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Flowers — purple mums, white and yellow lilies, and pink roses — had been laid near the university sign.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Economists have ramped up calls for Beijing to unleash fiscal support as fresh data signals mounting economic strains.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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For families across the country, the hope is that New Mexico isn’t an outlier, but a signal of what’s possible when childcare is treated as both an economic driver and a family necessity.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Liang, kneeling before me, made a praying gesture and rubbed his hands together to warm them.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The gesture might boost public support for the tax.—
Robert Goulder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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