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Recent Examples of sign language
Then, the rest of the class decided to learn sign language.
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Steve Hartman, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Advocates in the deaf community have long criticized the district's separation of its oral and sign language pathways.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
About half of the child’s day is spent alongside general education students while the other half of the day includes breakout sessions tailored to deaf and hard of hearing students who will learn through oral approaches or total communication, which combines hearing and sign language.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
The bundle also includes specialty courses like ASL for babies and toddlers — helpful for early communication — along with scuba diving hand signals and an introductory e-book on the origins and etiquette of sign language.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
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Steve Hartman, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Advocates in the deaf community have long criticized the district's separation of its oral and sign language pathways.
—Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 31 Mar. 2026
About half of the child’s day is spent alongside general education students while the other half of the day includes breakout sessions tailored to deaf and hard of hearing students who will learn through oral approaches or total communication, which combines hearing and sign language.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
The bundle also includes specialty courses like ASL for babies and toddlers — helpful for early communication — along with scuba diving hand signals and an introductory e-book on the origins and etiquette of sign language.
—Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
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Murdaugh's defense claimed that Hill influenced the verdict through remarks heard by some jurors during the trial, including in one instance to watch Murdaugh's body language during his testimony, according to court filings.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Throughout, her vocal is focused and impassioned, and onstage her body language is striking.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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The incident came amid a wave of teen violence across the country.—
Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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This seminal work influenced the first wave of contemporary American producers for public radio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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He’s gone from being a disposable asset in Vegas, which shipped him to Toronto in a sign-and-trade for Mitch Marner on July 1, to being coveted in Colorado at the trade deadline when the Avs acquired him to be their third-line center.—
Nate Peterson,
Denver Post,
19 May 2026
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The initial investigation into the billionaire’s death by Spanish authorities was closed in January 2025, and deemed an accident with no signs of any criminal wrongdoing.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Instead, hormone signals and the glands that produce them are part of a communication system that organises every cell, turning collections of independently functioning cells, tissues and organs into an interconnected human body.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The technique, which works by bouncing signals onto qubits and effectively listening for their echoes, runs 13,000 times faster on Willow than an equivalent algorithm would on the best classical supercomputer.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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The unexpected, sweet gesture instantly changed the tone in the room.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The film eliminated even a gesture toward a plot while showing solitary nonprofessional and real-life ranch-hand Misael Saavedra chopping and hauling logs in the Argentinian hinterlands (in actuality, Alonso’s family’s ranch).—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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