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sign languages

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plural of sign language

as in signs

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In years past, department statistics showed at least a third of all police shootings involved someone with obvious signs of emotional distress.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Presuming Ausar signs, Miami will have 21 players under contract, the most a team can carry during training camp.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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Hatchlings emerge from their eggs with a temporary store of energy from the yolk sac that powers their first trip past breaking waves into the sea.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Kate styled her long chestnut-colored hair in a half-up, half-down ‘do with soft waves and wore rosy makeup.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of waves

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The elevated helium and argon signals were accompanied by no corresponding rise in nitrogen, which the study said provided evidence against atmospheric leakage being the sole explanation.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Social platforms have industrialized this process by providing constant signals about how others respond to us.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of signals

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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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If human language started with gestures, then why are the vast majority of languages today spoken?

— Hannah Little, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2026
The gestures required to shape a stone tool were precise and difficult to learn through guesswork alone.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

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