signaled

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 And Ferrari has signaled so hard that, right now, this is Leclerc. Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 The large-scale protests might have signaled to Beijing that the Hong Kong public was becoming more politically divided and that Tung was losing control. Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Despite the diplomatic stall, Iran’s top officials, including President Masoud Pezeshkian, have repeatedly signaled their desire to return to the June agreement — one widely viewed by observers as favorable to Tehran. Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026 But Tehran’s hard-line new senior leaders including Rezaei have signaled a willingness to dig in after weathering decades of sanctions. Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Those forecasts add hope for office workers after top AI leaders previously signaled a jobs apocalypse was imminent. Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 The mid-season firing of Brian Daboll signaled the end of the previous regime and set up a massive front-office overhaul entering the winter. David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Palo Alto Networks on Tuesday night ended its fiscal 2026 on a high note and signaled that the good times will continue in the new year. Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026 Despite that precedent, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is leading the state AG lawsuit, signaled that such a condition would not be sufficient with Paramount-WBD. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for signaled
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  • Bijan Robinson’s touchdown catch The Falcons motioned running back Bijan Robinson out of the backfield and, for the first time all game, put receiver Chris Blair onto the field with him.
    Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sands was packing up his pregame tailgate when his wife called his name and motioned to the young man in obvious distress.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Tarkowski slid in from behind to stop a certain goal, with United’s penalty appeals waved away.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Beyoncé, who wore a cozy hoodie for the outing, also blew kisses to the crowd and waved to fans as Jay-Z sang to her.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026
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  • Just a twenty‑page pamphlet by Guy Wyser‑Pratte, one of the earliest practitioners, which mostly gestured at concepts rather than showing how to apply them.
    Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The gallery watched with rapt attention as Reddington gestured wildly, slammed his hand down and threw a stack of papers onto the bench.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • 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
  • The low-friction surface and dry desert air are conducive to speed and have beckoned drivers since the first race there in 1914.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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“Signaled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signaled. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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