Thesaurus results for SIGNALED

signaled

verb

variants or signalled

past tense of signal

as in motioned

to direct or notify by a movement or gesture signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away

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Recent Examples of signaled His coronation signaled where the genre was headed—away from the pleading old-guard types and toward a more fluid, hardcore hip-hop hybrid. — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026 Washington has signaled that Pax Silica — with China as its implicit target — is only for the trusted. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 While Tesla's primary business remains manufacturing EVs, Musk has signaled that the company is shifting away from traditional motor vehicles. — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 When the convention was being drafted, the Biden administration signaled its support but acknowledged the concerns about potential misuse. — Mary Lind, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026 Along the way Holmes-White signaled that this was just a comedic bit. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026 Duckworth, who has urged colleagues to focus on getting back to work, has also signaled deep impatience with her party’s caution. — Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 But the posting of the media list signaled, at least on an organizational level, the trip was going ahead. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 Bankers don’t want to work at troubled businesses, and seeking a deal signaled just that. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Verb

On the touchdown, the senior motioned to the field side to be a second slot receiver.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
The shotgun snap bounced off Tre Harris as the receiver motioned across the formation.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of motioned

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Chourio threw out Hicks from left for the final out of the sixth when third base coach Brady Williams waved the slow-footed catcher to try to score from second on Mesa’s single.

— Ronald Blum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Sawka then waved his hand toward Bianchini’s wife and daughter before giving the mayor the middle finger, according to video of the meeting.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of waved

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For someone whose energetic stomp through Lagos helped introduce her to much of the internet, nerves still arrived when the Chanel runway beckoned.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Was hearing Roland Hayes and, in time, other inspiring artists sing Schubert, Brahms, and Schumann songs like being beckoned by a musical brook to trust her instincts and follow its unlikely path?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of beckoned

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