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Recent Examples of sign language
Lucy and Erin sometimes communicate via sign language to avoid making a sound.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
My route out of my hearing loss was learning sign language and entering a deaf community, and thinking about myself as that person.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Both of her parents were deaf and communicated through sign language.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
What people see of composing—the hand gestures—is like a sign language.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
My route out of my hearing loss was learning sign language and entering a deaf community, and thinking about myself as that person.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Both of her parents were deaf and communicated through sign language.
—Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 23 Nov. 2025
What people see of composing—the hand gestures—is like a sign language.
—Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign language
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Nonverbal communication, also known as body language, is a valuable professional skill that shapes how others assess your presence and authority at work.—
CNBC Make It staff,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 2026
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An energy vampire has bad body language, the complaining look on their face, the vocal complainer.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And her signature glam doesn’t stop there—Clooney is known for her thick, glossy brown mane, often blow-dried into bombshell waves.—
Hannah Coates,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2026
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The outcome is the latest warning sign ‒ and the most glaring to date ‒ of a potential blue wave during the 2026 midterms as Democrats look to take control of the House and Senate.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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There were no clear signs of things getting better, either, and with all the teams beneath and around them in the table improving, there was little choice but to make a change in the dugout.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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In a sign of confidence that an attack may be off the cards for now, oil prices fell and Gulf stock prices rose.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Forecast models show those same signals developing again, suggesting Ohio’s winter may linger longer than usual despite Buckeye Chuck not seeing his shadow on Groundhog Day.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Feb. 2026
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Smartphones also transmit location signals, device identifiers, advertising IDs, usage patterns and app behavior data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese invited Herzog to visit as a gesture of unity with Jewish Australians after 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah festival near Sydney’s Bondi Beach – the worst terror attack committed in the country.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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This week the arriving athletes seemed more interested in getting accustomed to their free Samsung phones and using their own gestures to direct a robotic hand behind glass to pick up a plastic ball encasing a mystery Olympic pin.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Sign language.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20language. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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