sign languages

plural of sign language

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sign languages
Noun
  • And the deals extend well beyond skin care, with discounts on hair and makeup products that address everything from early signs of thinning hair and sparse brows to dull complexions in need of a natural-looking flush.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 23 June 2026
  • Chopper 4 flew over the detention center and observed no visible signs that the facility was being dismantled.
    Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Early on, news of the casino’s construction caused waves of controversy across Sonoma County — some of which resulted in death threats against Sarris’ life.
    Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
  • The lights were dimmed, my slippers were waiting beside the bed, and a video of the resort’s beach area played on the TV, complete with the soothing sound of waves washing up on shore.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • The warning came after a key naval information group had proposed alternative shipping corridors on Saturday, asking shipowners to consider transiting the strait along the southern route with their transponder signals on.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 June 2026
  • The system processes pilot inputs through computers and transmits electrical signals to flight controls, improving safety, reliability, maneuverability, and reducing aircraft weight by removing mechanical linkages.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Against the home’s cleaner architectural lines, Burle Marx’s individual plantings read as painterly gestures, flashes of form and texture that give the grounds their modernist rhythm.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • An introductory section designed by Studio Adrien Gardère will spotlight the savoir-faire of Le19M’s 11 resident maisons d’art, focusing on the gestures, tools, materials and creative processes that define them.
    Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
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“Sign languages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sign%20languages. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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